>>Perfect!  Gotta love those un-documented features....

Archsymlinkasfile is documented on page 87 of Tivoli Storage Manager
Installing the Clients
manual (SH26-4102-00).  See
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/pubs/admanual.htm#commonV37

Archsymlinkasfile

The archsymlinkasfileoption specifies whether you want TSM to follow a
symbolic link
and archive the file or directory it points to, or archive the symbolic
link only.
The followsymbolicoption is used only for restoring to a symbolic link that
is a virtual
mount point and is unrelated to, and has no dependencies with the
archsymlinkasfile
option.

Note: This option can also be defined on the server.

Supported Clients
This option is for UNIX clients only.

Options File for UNIX Platforms
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax

                   Yes
ARCHSYMLinkasfile
                   No
Parameters
Yes
   Specifies that TSM follows a symbolic link and archives the file or
directory it points
   to. This is the default.
No Specifies that TSM only archives the symbolic link, and not the file or
directory
   associated with it.

Examples
Options file:
   ARCHSYMLinkasfile no
Command line:
   ARCHSYML no

Regards,

Mike Dile
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
mikedile AT us.ibm DOT com