Backup-archive client help

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Use the help command to display information about commands, options, and messages. If you use the help command on the initial command line, no server contact is made and no password is needed.

Syntax

Entering the HELP command with no arguments causes help to display the complete table of contents. Either with the initial command or when HELP displays a prompt, you can enter the following parameters.

Parameters

command-name [subcommand-name]: Specifies a command name and, optionally, a subcommand name or their abbreviation. For example: backup image, or b i. In this case the combination should be unique. Non-unique abbreviations result in the display of the first section of the entire help file matching the abbreviation. This parameter is optional.
option-name: Specifies the name of an option. For example: domain or do. This parameter is optional.
TOC-section-number: Specifies a table of contents section number. For example: 1.5.3. This parameter is optional.
[ANS]message-number: Specifies a message number with or without its prefix. For example: ans1036 or 1036. This parameter is optional. The severity code is never necessary. Entering ans1036E results in a not-found response.

Important: If you enter arguments that do not fit these descriptions, you might get unexpected results (or no results) displayed. If you enter more than two arguments, your help request is rejected. Where a command name and an option name are the same, for example: incremental (command) and incremental (option), you can only get help on the option by entering its table-of-contents section number.

The requested help text is displayed in one or more sections, depending on the number of display lines that are available in your command window. When enough lines are displayed to fill the display space, or when the end of the requested help text is displayed, a prompt is presented with instructions on what can be entered at that prompt. To continue displaying text for your current selection, press Enter or press the d key to scroll down. To scroll up in the current selection, press the u key and press Enter. Use the q key to quit the help facility. Other choices might be presented, so read all instructions.

Proper display of the help text requires a usable display width of 72 characters. A display width less than 72 characters causes sentences that are 72 characters wide to wrap to the next line. This can cause the displayed help text to begin somewhere within the section rather than at the beginning. The lines that are not displayed can be viewed by using the scrolling function of the terminal to move up.

Access help for the Client Service Configuration Utility (dsmcutil)

To obtain help information for the IBM Storage Protect Client Service Configuration Utility, you must issue the DSMCUTIL HELP command.

When you issue the DSMCUTIL HELP command, the help information is displayed within the Windows help utility.