Jerry Lawson
jlawson AT thehartford DOT com


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Subject: Re: Full backup whit client NT
Author:  INTERNET.OWNERAD at SNADGATE
Date:    6/9/97 10:26 AM


Wouldn't the next backup (selective or incremental) just cause the =
objects
to then rebind to the that management class, thereby undoing the =
extended
retention?  I thought that previous discussions led to the conclusion =
that a
weekly or monthly backup done in addition to incrementals would have to =
be
done via archive because of this binding issue.
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From: dan thompson
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Full backup whit client NT
Date: Saturday, June 07, 1997 1:29PM


Santiago,

  You have stated that you need a monthly archive of each of your NT
clients in their entirety.  Is an acceptable alternative would be to run =
a
monthly selective backup of all files to a management class with =
different
retention rules?  If so you can set up a standard batch file on all your =
NT
clients that does this selective backup and then schedule this backup
monthly.  If you want to use the ADSM client to schedule this backup =
than
this needs to be run as a Command event.

To get this to work you need to have an options file that specifies all
files go to a management class with your required retention specs.  Then
create a batch file that sets the environment variable of DSM_CONFIG to
that special option file and then runs the command you require.  Below =
are
some examples of the batch file and option files include statements.

As many of the ADSM gurus on this forum would probably point out, there =
is
rarely a reason to do archive or full backups as this goes against =
ADSM's
design.  I am curious about the customer requirement that is driving =
your
intention to run a montly archive.  There is most likely an easier =
method
of providing this.

Anyway, here are the examples I promised:

Batch file example
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@echo off
@echo Monthly ADSM Full Backup Begins
@set dsm_dir=3Dc:\adsmdir
@set dsm_config=3Dc:\adsmdir\monthly.opt
dsmc sel ?:* > c:\adsmdir\logs\monthly.log
@echo Monthly ADSM Full Backup Completed. (Good or bad? who knows)
@exit

Include parm in monthly.opt
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include ?:* monthlymc



Good Luck,
  Dan Thompson
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> From: Santiago Crespo <british.sac AT MAD.SERVICOM DOT ES>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Full backup whit client NT
> Date: Friday, June 06, 1997 4:37 AM
>
> Hi,
> I have ADSM 2.1 running in the server AIX 4.1
> Now I am running a incremental daily backup,but I need a archive full =
of
> all files of my client NT once at monthly.
> I don't know do this, and I need do this from schedule.
> How can I do this?