Querying the backup and restoring it

[unixandtsm]

Hi all,

querying the backups of a client node from client command line and restoring the data has always been a trouble for me.

Trying to query files with "inactive" option but couldn't see the inactive versions only active versions.
and when i restore active version, there is no data in the restore ?

# dsmc q backup -inactive -subdir=yes /Test/Test1/Test2

 Size        Backup Date                Mgmt Class           A/I File
           ----        -----------                ----------           --- ----
 2,048  B  07/09/2012 05:42:06   STANDARD             A  /Test/Test1/Test2

How to query inactive backups and see the details of the backups without restore ?
Thanks in advance!

[Trident]

Hi

Can you try this?

# dsmc q backup -inactive -subdir=yes /Test/Test1/Test2/*

[unixandtsm]

Hi Trident,

Tried below but no luck

#dsmc q backup -inactive -subdir=yes "/Test/Test1/Test2/*"

ANS1092W No files matching search criteria were found

and then tried with single quotes but same result

#dsmc q backup -inactive -subdir=yes '/Test/Test1/Test2/*'

ANS1092W No files matching search criteria were found

why TSM is not showing any inactive files ?

[Trident]

Hi,

If there are multiple filespaces covering same directory over time, you will have to include the filepsace name in your query.

Sample:

q file gives

/usr
/opt
/Test
/Test/Test1


Then try one of these

dsmc q backup {/Test}/Test1/Test2/* -ina -subdir=yes
dsmc q backup {/Test/Test1}/Test2/* -ina -subdir=yes