> 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
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Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> 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