> Another suggestion? Off-hand, no, but I really don't have enough info to go on to know what you are going after.
> I'm not able to get 'q backup FILESPACE' to work. What specifically are you doing, and what output are you seeing? I always encourage copy & paste of actual commands and output, in addition to verbal descriptions :-) This will allow me (or others) to provide more specific answers since we'll see exactly what you are doing, and what exactly you are getting as a result. 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 10/06/2004 10:45:21: > On Wed, 06 Oct 2004, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > I suspect you are mixing administrative commands with backup-archive > > commands. The syntax is not necessarily compatible. The client and admin > > books will provide information on the syntax for the respective commands. > > Alternatively, you can quickly look up syntax like this: > > > > - For the backup-archive client, run "dsmc help" and use the menu options > > to navigate the help. > > - From the admin client, run "help <command-name>" (for example, "help > > query filespace") > > > > With that said... > > > > The admin and backup-archive components both support the QUERY FILESPACE > > command (can be abbreviated to Q FI), but neither lets you specify the > > file space ID. > > > > The admin and backup-archive components also support DELETE FILESPACE > > commands, but the client version does not let you specify by file space > > ID. > > > > The backup-archive QUERY BACKUP command does not let you specify file > > space ID. However, provided that your current local drives map to the UNC > > names shown by the QUERY FILESPACE output, you can use the drive letter > > format to query the backups. For example, the following are equivalent: > > > > dsmc query backup \\storman\c$\mydir\ -subdir=yes > > dsmc query backup c:\mydir\ -subdir=yes > > > > (povided that my current C: drive maps to \\stoman\c$). > > > > Regards, > > > > Andy > > > > > Within dsmc the command 'q files' gives you the list of > > > filesets stored for the current node. The command 'q > > > backup FILESET' shows all files stored for that fileset. > > > The problem I'm having is the fileset names are the > > > microsoft unc format of '\\node\c$'. The command 'delete > > > files FSID -namet=fsid' allows you to specify the fileset > > > to delete by the fsid. Is there a variant of the q backup > > > where you can also specify the fileset by fsid? > > > > > > Mike > > True that 'delete files' runs from dsmadmc and 'query files' and > 'query backup' run from dsmc. I wanted to show an example of > the fsid I was trying to get to work. Within a program I'm writing > I can get the 'q files' to work just file showing me the set > of filespaces stored for the current node. I'm not able to get > 'q backup FILESPACE' to work. I have just read of the alternate > form (c:\) in the manual and am trying that form now. > > Another suggestion? > > Mike
