That sure doesn't sound right.... I just tried it myself with a very current client level (Windows) and could not reproduce your results.
Do you have multiple TSM servers? Is it possible you're updating one server and connecting GUI to another? From your email it doesn't sound like it, but I guess it doesn't hurt to double-check. Can you open a command line interface and do "query backup c:\testdir\ -subdir=yes -ina"? What do the results show? (Note: "c:\testdir" is whatever play directory you used) In answer to your question, though, the directory structure is backed up so, if for no other reason, you can restore it. On some systems it might not be meaningful; but on systems like Windows, where directories have security and other settings, being able to restore the directories might be important to your organization. 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] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html 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 01/26/2007 09:32:03 AM: > I ran a test backing up a directory structure with files and > subdirectories to a reto=20 management class for the files and > directories via DIRMC to a reto=0 management class. After the backup I > deleted the data and re-ran the incremental backup to expire the objects > from TSM. I confirmed the objects were now INACTIVE_VERSION in the > backups table then ran expiration to purge from the DB (reto=0). > Checking the backups table again I can see no directory objects existed, > just the files. > > Next, I launched the GUI to test if I could expand the directory tree > and restore the data. Both worked. Path preserved on the restore as > well. > > So my confusion is, what is the directory structure for? I would have > suspected I would not have been able to expand the tree in the GUI or > restore the data to its original location. > > We are looking to mix long term data with short term data in our TSM > servers and want to prevent all directory objects from being bound to > the longest retention policy mgmtclass using the DIRMC option. This > test was to see the implications of not having a directory structure, > which surprisingly had no affect... Am I missing something? > > Thanks. > -------------------------------------------------------- > > If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify > the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, > copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional > terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ > --------------------------------------------------------
