Sorry about this.  I had asked the workstation owner to try this, and
thought that they had.  Apparently not, as virtualmountpoints work just
fine.

Thanks!


> Steve Roder wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >      We are recently beginning to backup some Linux boxes, and have run
> > into the limitation whereby the EXT3 filesystems are not supported by TSM
> > V4.2.  The doc claims that they can be backed up in "compatibility mode",
> > but it does not explain how to accomplish this.  Does anyone here know how
> > to backup these filesystems?  Here is what they look like in /etc/fstab:
> >
> > LABEL=/            /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> > LABEL=/boot        /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> > LABEL=/boot2       /boot2                  ext3    defaults        1 2
> > LABEL=/root2       /root2                  ext3    defaults        1 2
> >
> > And of course, the followup question to Tivoli, if they are listening, is
> > if support for ext3 is planned?  For now, it would be nice to enable
> > backups of these filesystems in this so called "compatibility mode".
> >
> Hi Steve,
>
> Just try the following option in your dsm.sys file:
>
> virtualmountpoint /
> virtualmountpoint /boot
> virtualmountpoint /boot2
> virtualmountpoint /root2
>
> Regards,
>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jaap P. Dijkshoorn
> Systems Programmer
>
> http://home.sara.nl/~jaapd                               jaap AT sara DOT nl
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>

Steve Roder, University at Buffalo
HOD Service Coordinator
VM Systems Programmer
UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX)
TSM/ADSM Administrator
(tkssteve AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564 | 
http://ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu/~tkssteve)