Tivoli Header

Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Mode

The mode option specifies whether you want to perform a selective or incremental image backup (non-NAS objects), or a full or differential image backup of NAS file systems. The mode option has no effect on a raw logical device backup.

Note:
The Tivoli Storage Manager Client API does not support this option.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for AIX, AIX 5L, HP/UX, Linux86, and Solaris only.

Syntax

For non-NAS objects

        .-Selective---.
>>-MODE-+-------------+----------------------------------------><
        '-Incremental-'
 
 

For NAS File Systems

        .-differential-.
>>-MODE-+--------------+---------------------------------------><
        '-full---------'
 
 

Parameters

selective
Specifies that you want to perform a full (selective) image backup. This is the default.

incremental
Specifies that you want to back up only new and changed files after the last full image backup. Deleted files are not inactivated on the server.

full
Specifies that you want to perform a NAS image backup of an entire file system.

differential
Specifies that you want to perform a NAS image backup of files that changed since the last full image backup. If an eligible full image backup does not exist, a full image backup occurs. This is the default.

Examples

Task
Perform the NAS image backup of the entire file system.

Command: dsmc backup nas -mode=full -nasnodename=nas1 /vol/vol0 /vol/vol1

Task
Back up the /home/test file space using an image incremental backup that backs up only new and changed files after the last full image backup.

Command: dsmc backup image /home/test -mode=incremental


[ Top of Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Table of Contents | Index ]