lsbackups

Use the lsbackups command to display the backups for a specified session and role.

Syntax

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Parameters

-help | -h | -?
Lists help for the command. If you specify additional parameters and arguments, those parameters and arguments are ignored.
-s
Displays default information, including the source and target LSS and the type of port configuration.
-l
Displays detailed information for each port, including:
Column label Details
Backup ID Identification for the backup
Backup Time Timestamp for when the backup was taken
Session Name The name of the session
Role The name of the role backed up
isRecoverable Whether the backup is considered recoverable
Progress Percent of the backup left to copy to the backup capacity
Used Capacity Capacity used for each backup
Last Result The last result of the backup
Copy Sets The number of copysets in the backup
Blocking Expansion Whether the backup is blocking expansion for one or more volumes
Expiration Expiration time for backup (Storage Virtualize volumes only)
-fmt { default | xml | delim | stanza }
Specifies the format of the output. You can specify one of these values:
default
Specifies that the output is displayed in tabular format using spaces as delimiters between columns. This is the default value.
xml
Specifies that the output is displayed in XML format.
delim
Specifies that output is displayed in a tabular format using commas as delimiters between columns.
To use a character other than a comma as the delimiter, specify -fmt delim -delim char , where char represents the character that you want to use as the delimiter. For example, if you want to use a colon (:) as the delimiter, use the following -fmt parameter:
-fmt delim -delim :
If you use a shell metacharacter as the delimiting character, enclose the character in quotation marks or single quotation marks. A blank space is not a valid character.
stanza
Specifies that the output is displayed as one keyword-value pair per line.
-p { on | off }
Specifies whether to display one page of text at a time or all text at once.
on
Displays one page of text at a time. Pressing any key displays the next page. This is the default value when the command is run in interactive mode.
off
Displays all text at once. This is the default value when the command is run in single-shot mode.
-hdr { on | off }
Specifies whether to display the table header. You can specify one of these values:
on
Displays the table header. This is the default value.
off
Hides the table header.
-v { on | off }
Specifies whether to enable verbose mode. You can specify one of these values:
on
Enables verbose mode.
off
Disables verbose mode. This is the default value.
-backupid backup_ID
Specifies the id number for the backup. This value is used to filter the list of backups returned. Only the backup with the given id number will be displayed.
-role role_name
Specifies that only backups that are associated with the specified role name are displayed.
-session_name |-
Specifies the name of the session used to display backups.

Example: Listing backups for a given session

The following command lists the backups used for a session named MyBackupSess and role H1.

csmcli> lsbackups -role h1 MyBackupSess

The following output is returned:

Backup    Backup                        Session        is            Last       Copy   Blocking    Progress   Used       Expiration
ID        Time                          Name           Recoverable   Result     Sets   Expansion              Capacity
=========================================================================================================================================
47676786  2018-06-13 14:37:50.495-0500  MySafeGuard   yes            IWNRxxxI   5      yes         99%        6.7 KiB    -
67676786  2018-06-12 14:37:50.495-0500  MySafeGuard   yes            IWNRxxxI   3                  -          86.1 KiB   -  
77676786  2018-06-11 14:37:50.495-0500  MySafeGuard   yes            IWNRxxxI   3                  -          4.2 KiB    - 
87676786  2018-06-10 14:37:50.495-0500  MySafeGuard   no             IWNRxxxE   3                  -          1.2 KiB    - 
97676786  2018-06-09 14:37:50.495-0500  MySafeGuard   yes            IWNRxxxI   3                  -          8.5 KiB    -