tsm /Tivoli Storage Manager/

Manual

Basic concepts

• server There is a server taking care of the backup media
• client backup commands are run in clients, which will send data to the server and the later will save it to the backup media
• archive To archive a file is to copy it to the storage, where the previously copied file, if exists, is overwritten
• backup To backup a file is to copy it to the storage, where the previously copied file, if exists, becomes an inactive version. The current copied one becomes the active version in the backup media. The number of inactive versions is controlled by the server

Basic usage

There is a GUI based on java, dsmj, a web based UI, http://localhost:1581 and a command line UI dsmc, which can be used interactively:

$ dsmc
tsm> help
tsm> quit
tsm> q b /path/to/ # querry backups in /path/to/ directory
tsm> i /path/to/file # backup /path/to/file
tsm> i /path/to/file # back it up again, an inactive version is created
tsm> i -compression=yes /path/to/file # good for fast CPU + slow network
tsm> q b -inac /path/to/ # show both active and inactive versions
tsm> d b /path/to/file # delete active version of /path/to/file
tsm> d b /path/to/file -deltype=inac # delete inactive version
tsm> d b /path/to/file -deltype=all # delete both active & inactive version
tsm> a /path/to/file # archive /path/to/file
tsm> q ar /path/to/file # qerry archive of /path/to/file
tsm> d ar /path/to/file # delete archive of /path/to/file

NOTE The trailing / means /*. /path/to/directory will be regarded as a regular file instead of a directory. /path/to/directory/ means /path/to/directory/*

Or in batch mode:

dsmc q b /path/to/