What is happening is that TSM is backing up the named object, which is
just 'data'. TSM does not take the extra step to assume that if 'data' is
a directory, that its contents should also be included.

The ending slash tells TSM that you want to back up the contents of the
'data' directory. So as you found, the syntax would be:

   incremental /ps/odstest/data/

And if you want subdirectories of 'data' backed up, you would also need
the -subdir=yes option (unless it is already in your options file or you
specified it from the command line when starting dsmc).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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David E Ehresman <deehre01 AT LOUISVILLE DOT EDU>
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I have a customer who tried:
  incremental -verbose /ps/odstest/data
and several objects were inspected but not were backed up.

He then tried:
   backup -verbose /ps/odstest/data
and that backed up the two sub directories but no files.

Finally he tried:
  incremental -verbose /ps/odstest/data/
and that backed up the files.

Why (or when) does the ending slash make a difference?  He claims he
has similar incrementals on other machines that work without the ending
slash?  Is there a logical explanation for that?

The machine being backed up is running Aix 4.3.3 with the TSM 4.2.1.15
backup client.  The server is on OS390 2.10 running TSM 4.2.1.9.

David