Can you provide the output from the selective command that includes the -removeoperandlimit option that doesn't work?
Regards, andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/17/2004 12:51:51: > > > > > > Howdy folks, > > This is just to follow up with answers to questions posted while back. > Many of you may already know this, but.. here it goes. > > 1) It was discover that you can't do selective backup of "SYSTEM OBJECT," > and because needed to backup everything I ended up writing a small batch > file/cmd file and used action=command as Andrew suggested. > > fullback.cmd there is > dsmc selective C:\*Dl:\* E:\* -subdir=yes >> fullback.out > dsmc backup systemobject >> fullback.out > > 2) Also -removeoperandlimit doesn't work with selective command, so I > ended up breaking them up into two separate schedules with 15 objects each. > Based on this experience, it was discovered that some options may work > with incremental may not work with selective. Grrrrrr.. > > > Sung Lee > > ----- Forwarded by Sung Y Lee/Austin/IBM on 05/17/2004 03:37 PM ----- > > Sung Y > Lee/Austin/IBM > To > 04/12/2004 12:04 "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > PM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc > > Subject > Follow Up Questions -->Re: When > Performing Scheduled Selective > Backups?(Document link: Sung Y Lee > (Archive) ) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the previous info. > > Let's say I decide to list out the objects in the schedule. > Is it possible to include "SYSTEM OBJECT" when performing scheduled > selective backup for windows? > > Action: Selective > Options: -SUBDIR=YES > Objects: C:\* D:\* F:\* > > and also let's say I have over 20 objects .. can you use > -removeoperandlimit like this? > Action: Selective > Options: -SUBDIR=YES -REMOVEOPERANDLIMIT > Objects: "/" "/usr/" ... ... ... > > Thanks, > > Sung Lee > > > > Andrew > Raibeck/Tucson/IB > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > Sent by: "ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dist Stor cc > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject > .EDU> Re: When Performing Scheduled > Selective Backups? > > 04/07/2004 11:09 > PM > > > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > > > > > > > Sung, > > Yes, selective backup uses the include/exclude list. > > There is no concept of DOMAIN processing for archive or selective backup, > so you need to specify the paths in your OBJECTS list. If your goal is to > selectively back up entire drives (though why one would do this I do not > know), you can update the backup copy groups and change the copy mode to > ABSOLUTE, then just schedule incremental backups. > > Another approach would be to define the schedule as ACTION=COMMAND. The > command could be a script that runs on each client machine. In the script > you could automate the creation of the object list, then launch dsmc > commands to back up the objects in the list. > > Regards, > > Andy > > Andy Raibeck > IBM Software Group > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > > > Sung Y Lee/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 04/07/2004 14:05 > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc > > Subject > When Performing Scheduled Selective Backups? > > > > > > > TSM and ADSMers, > > I have a question about performing scheduled selective backups. > Is it possible to create a schedule to do a selective backup of the nodes > without having to list each filespace inside the "objects"? > > Like for UNIX can i do > Options: -subdir=yes > Objects: "\*.*" > > and for Windows > Options: -subdir=yes > Objects: "?:\*.*" > > and also if you have include or exclude on the clients does selective > backup go thru this list and performs include and excludes as specified in > the file? > > Thanks, > > Sung Lee > > [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed] [image removed]
