Protecting data in a fileset using the mmbackup command

The mmbackup command can be used to back up an independent fileset to the IBM Storage Protect servers by using the IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive client. After a fileset is backed up, you can restore files by using the interfaces that are provided by IBM Storage Protect.

When backing up an independent fileset, the mmbackup command backs up the current active version of the fileset. The path to the independent fileset root is specified with the Directory parameter of the mmbackup command.

If you want to create a backup of a fileset at a specific point in time, first use the mmcrsnapshot command to create a fileset-level snapshot. Next, specify that snapshot name for the mmbackup -S option along with the --scope inodespace option.

Note: The SnapshotName that is specified must be unique to the file system.

We recommend customers to run independent fileset backup with a unique IBM Storage Protect node name per fileset for better performance especially when multiple fileset backups are simultaneously run. This option increases the scalability and maintainability in the backup backend.