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Tivoli Storage Manager Client Commands (dsmc commands)

Submitted by root on Fri, 10/21/2011 17:16

These are just some hints. For more details please check dsmc manual.
How to enter to TSM client:
root@gz~#dsmc
How to check where are the configuration files (usually is /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin):
root@gz~#echo$DSM_DIR
How to check when last backup ran:
root@gz~#dsmcqfi
How to check schedule (use se if you want to check it for a specific server):
root@gz~#dsmcqsched
root@gz~#dsmcqschedse=tsmserver1
How to look for files under some directory:
root@gz~#dsmcqbsubdir=yesinactive"/data/stuff/*"
How to look for files under some directory on the backup server for a host:
root@gz~#dsmcqbinactivesubdir=yesse=&ltclient>"/data/stuff/*"
How to restore from incremental backup all files in /data/stuff directory, including the deleted ones active or
inactive:
root@gz~#dsmcrestoresubdir=yeslatest"/data/stuff/*"
How to restore files to /tmp/oldfiles:
root@gz~#dsmcrestorepicksubdir=yes"/data/stuff/*"/tmp/oldfiles/
How to restore inactive files:
root@gz~#dsmcrestoreinactivepicksubdir=yes"/data/stuff/*"/tmp/oldfiles/
How to restore without overwriting existing files:
root@gz~#dsmcrestoreverbosesubdir=yesrep=no/data/stuff/
How to look for all *.arc files between specific days mm/dd/yyyy:
root@gz~#dsmcqbinactivedateformat=1subdir=yes"/oracle/archives/*.arc"FROMdate=01/03/2010
TODate=01/03/2010
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How to run a backup now:

root@gz~#dsmcincrver
How to backup a single file:
root@gz~#dsmcbackup"/etc/filesystems"
How to restore /exploit/ to a point in time:
root@gz~#dsmcrestoresubdir=yinapitdate="10/08/11""/exploit/*"/tmp/exploitrestore/
How to restore some files between dates:
root@gz~#dsmcrestoresubdir=yina"/exploit/*"/tmp/exploitrestore/FROMdate=05/03/2010
TODate=06/03/2010
How to display a list of all your backups on /home/ (use the detail option to display the last modification date and
the creation date of each file):
root@gz~#dsmcqbackupsub=yesdetail"/home/*"
How to display a list of all your backed up files with dateformat and timeformat options:
root@gz~#dsmcqbdate=1time=4su=y"/home/*"
How to include the timeformat option in a command (it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options):
root@gz~#dsmcqbdate=1timeformat=4fromd=05/01/2006fromt=11:59AM/
How to display a list of active and inactive backup versions of files from which you can select versions to restore:
root@gz~#dsmcrestore"/user/project/*"pickinactive
How to restore all files in the /home/ directory to their state as of 3:00 PM on March 10, 2010.:
root@gz~#dsmcrestorepitd=3/10/2010pitt=15:00:00/home/
How to restore from archive:
List the backups:

root@gzaix#dsmcqarch/home/user/important.txt
IBMTivoliStorageManager
CommandLineBackup/ArchiveClientInterface
ClientVersion5,Release3,Level5.4
Clientdate/time:02/23/1213:44:54
(c)CopyrightbyIBMCorporationandother(s)1990,2007.AllRightsReserved.
NodeName:GZAIX
SessionestablishedwithserverGZTSMSERV:AIXRS/6000
ServerVersion5,Release5,Level5.2
Serverdate/time:02/23/1213:44:54Lastaccess:02/23/1213:44:47
SizeArchiveDateTimeFileExpiresonDescription

12,892,074B03/02/1106:22:39/home/user/important.txt03/01/12ArchiveDate:03/02/11
14,837,646B04/02/1106:19:00/home/user/important.txt04/01/12ArchiveDate:04/02/11
16,764,897B05/02/1105:48:05/home/user/important.txt05/01/12ArchiveDate:05/02/11
25,636,989B06/02/1106:10:06/home/user/important.txt06/01/12ArchiveDate:06/02/11
31,112,013B07/02/1106:18:35/home/user/important.txt07/01/12ArchiveDate:07/02/11
29,823,633B08/02/1106:43:03/home/user/important.txt08/01/12ArchiveDate:08/02/11
22,432,587B09/02/1109:01:12/home/user/important.txt09/01/12ArchiveDate:09/02/11
20,339,856B10/05/1111:57:45/home/user/important.txt10/04/12ArchiveDate:10/05/11
20,339,856B10/05/1111:57:45/home/user/important.txt10/04/12ArchiveDate:10/05/11
13,886,136B11/02/1105:51:21/home/user/important.txt11/01/12ArchiveDate:11/02/11
7,927,674B12/07/1105:37:25/home/user/important.txt12/06/12ArchiveDate:12/07/11
8,516,901B01/03/1212:03:54/home/user/important.txt01/02/13ArchiveDate:01/03/12
2,150,058B02/02/1206:15:12/home/user/important.txt02/01/13ArchiveDate:02/02/12
Run the restore command (if you do not specify the target path, the file will be restored on its original location):

root@gzaix#dsmcretrieve/home/user/important.txt/tmp/bm/FROMdate=09/02/11TODate=09/02/11
IBMTivoliStorageManager
CommandLineBackup/ArchiveClientInterface
ClientVersion5,Release3,Level5.4
Clientdate/time:02/23/1214:58:31
(c)CopyrightbyIBMCorporationandother(s)1990,2007.AllRightsReserved.
Retrievefunctioninvoked.
NodeName:GZAIX
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SessionestablishedwithserverGZTSMSERV:AIXRS/6000
ServerVersion5,Release5,Level5.2
Serverdate/time:02/23/1214:58:31Lastaccess:02/23/1214:55:43

Totalnumberofobjectsretrieved:2
Totalnumberofobjectsfailed:0
Totalnumberofbytestransferred:21.39MB
Datatransfertime:0.24sec
Networkdatatransferrate:88,638.33KB/sec
Aggregatedatatransferrate:179.85KB/sec
Elapsedprocessingtime:00:02:01
List the result:

root@gzaix#lsla/tmp/bm/user/important.txt
rwrwrw1rootcft22432587Sep0206:10/tmp/bm/user/important.txt

Show the TSM Server Connection Information:

root@gzaix#dsmcqsess
IBMTivoliStorageManager
CommandLineBackup/ArchiveClientInterfaceVersion5,Release2,Level2.9
(c)CopyrightbyIBMCorporationandother(s)1990,2003.AllRightsReserved.
NodeName:GZAIX
SessionestablishedwithserverGZTSM199:AIX
ServerVersion6,Release3,Level3.100
Serverdate/time:06.11.201310:22:29Lastaccess:06.11.201310:22:25
TSMServerConnectionInformation
ServerName.............:GZTSM199
ServerType.............:AIX
ServerVersion..........:Ver.6,Rel.3,Lev.3.100
LastAccessDate........:06.11.201310:22:29
DeleteBackupFiles.....:"Yes"
DeleteArchiveFiles....:"Yes"
NodeName...............:GZAIX
UserName...............:root

Display the TSM exclusion list:

root@gzaix#dsmcqueryinclexcl
IBMTivoliStorageManager
CommandLineBackupArchiveClientInterface
ClientVersion6,Release2,Level2.3
Clientdate/time:11/06/1314:45:35
(c)CopyrightbyIBMCorporationandother(s)1990,2010.AllRightsReserved.
NodeName:GZAIX
SessionestablishedwithserverGZTSM199:AIX
ServerVersion6,Release3,Level3.100
Serverdate/time:11/06/1314:44:37Lastaccess:11/06/1314:41:37
***FILEINCLUDE/EXCLUDE***
ModeFunctionPattern(matchfromtopdown)SourceFile

Noexcludefilespacestatementsdefined.
ExclDirectory/var/spool/qdaemonServer
ExclDirectory/var/spool/lpdServer
ExclDirectory/procServer
ExclDirectory/mntServer
ExclDirectory/media*Server
ExclDirectory/cdrom*Server
ExclDirectory/.../*.tmpServer
ExclDirectory/.../*.tempServer
ExclDirectory/.../tmpServer
ExclDirectory/.../tempServer
ExclDirectory/.../isoServer
NoDFSinclude/excludestatementsdefined.

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