Fbserver

Use the fbserver option with the backup fastback or archive fastback commands.

The fbserver option specifies the short host name of the Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack server workstation that owns the repository specified by the fbreposlocation option. For a DR Hub, the fbserver option specifies the short name of the FastBack server workstation whose branch repository the backup-archive client is connecting to.

The fbserver option is a key to retrieving the necessary user credentials required to connect to the FastBack server repository or the DR Hub server repository for mount processing.

Supported Clients

Linux operating systems This option is valid for Linux x86_64 clients.

Windows operating systems This option is valid for all Windows clients.

Options File

Linux operating systems None. You can specify this option only on the command line.

Windows operating systems None. You can specify this option only on the command line. The server can also define or override this option.

Syntax


>>- -FBServer-- --server_name----------------------------------><

Parameters

server_name: Specifies the short hostname of the machine on which the FastBack server is installed.

Examples

Command line:

The backup-archive client is installed on a Linux proxy client machine. Use this command to archive all FastBack volumes for all Linux FastBack clients that are defined for FastBack policy1:

dsmc archive fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1 
  -fbserver=myfbserver 
  -fbreposlocation=myfbserver@WORKGROUP

The repository location is required. If you do not provide the repository location, the command will fail.

The FastBack server name, -myfbserver, is the short host name of the FastBack server where the repository is located.

Command line:

The repository, rep_server1, is located on the FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub, myFbDrHub.

dsmc archive fastback -fbpolicyname="Policy 1" 
  -fbserver=myFbDrHub 
  -fbreposlocation=\\myFbDrHub\rep_server1

The FastBack server name, -myFbDrHub is the short host name of the FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub server where the repository is located

The -fbreposlocation specifies the location of the repository. The repository location is required. If you do not provide the repository location, the command fails.

-fbserver should point to the short host name of the FastBack DR hub in this case.

Command line:

Archive all volumes protected by FastBack policy named policy1 from the FastBack server named basil:

dsmc archive fastback -Fbpolicyname=policy1  
  -FBServer=basil -ARCHMC="my_tsm_mgmt_class" 
  -fbreposlocation=basil@WORKGROUP

Command line:

The IBM Spectrum Protect™ backup-archive client is running on the FastBack server machine whose short name is myFbServer:

dsmc archive fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1 -fbserver=myFbServer

Command line:

The IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client is running on the FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub machine and is connecting to the FastBack Server branch repository branch1. The short host name of the FastBack server is myFbServer:

dsmc archive fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1 -fbserver=myFbServer 
  -fbbranch=branch1

Command line:

The backup-archive client is running on a dedicated proxy machine and is connecting to a remote FastBack server repository. The FastBack server is installed on a machine whose short name is myFbServerMachine:

dsmc archive fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1 -fbserver=myFbServerMachine 
  -fbreposlocation=\\myFbServerMachine.company.com\Rep

Command line:

The backup-archive client is running on a dedicated proxy machine and is connecting to a remote FastBack repository on the FastBack DR Hub. The FastBack Server with branch ID branch1 is installed on a machine whose short name is myFbServer.

dsmc backup fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1 -fbserver=myFbServer 
  -fbreposlocation=\\myDrHubMachine.company.com\Rep 
  -fbbranch=branch1