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    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
    http://docs.gz.ro/tsmclientcommands.html

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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
    http://docs.gz.ro/tsmclientcommands.html

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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.

    http://docs.gz.ro/tsmclientcommands.html

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    THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!

    If you want to use this information on your own website, please remember: by doing copy/paste entirely it is always
    stealing and you should be ashamed of yourself!
    Have at least the decency to create your own text and comments and run the commands on your own servers and
    provide your output, not what I did!

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