Commands reference

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The following sections contain detailed information about the client commands that are used for IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations.

Issue these commands from the IBM Storage Protect backup-archive command line client. Start the command line client using either of the following methods on the Windows system:

Go to Start > Apps by name > IBM Storage Protect > Backup-Archive Command Line.
Open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsmc.exe.

To access the online help for the commands and options, issue the following command:

dsmc help

The online help contains information that applies to the IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client, IBM Storage Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware, and Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V.