Re: archive description syntax

TSM does not parse the description for environment variables, so you can't
do this in the GUI or CLI when running in loop (interactive) mode. But
from the OS prompt, it should work fine:

C:\TSM\baclient>dsmc archive c:\test1\ -su=y -desc="%date% Test Archive"
Tivoli Storage Manager
*** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information ***
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level
5.15
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved.

Archive function invoked.

Node Name: STORMAN
Session established with server STORMAN_SERVER1: Windows
  Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.2
  Server date/time: 04/11/2003 08:59:14  Last access: 04/11/2003 08:58:07

Directory-->                   0 \\storman\c$\Test1 [Sent]
Normal File-->               495 \\storman\c$\Test1\file1 [Sent]
ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media.
Retry # 1  Directory-->                   0 \\storman\c$\Test1 [Sent]
Retry # 1  Normal File-->               495 \\storman\c$\Test1\file1
[Sent]
Archive processing of '\\storman\c$\Test1\*' finished without failure.


Total number of objects inspected:        2
Total number of objects archived:         2
Total number of objects updated:          0
Total number of objects rebound:          0
Total number of objects deleted:          0
Total number of objects expired:          0
Total number of objects failed:           0
Total number of bytes transferred: 1.73 KB
Data transfer time:                    0.00 sec
Network data transfer rate:            0.00 KB/sec
Aggregate data transfer rate:          0.57 KB/sec
Objects compressed by:                    0%
Elapsed processing time:           00:00:03

C:\TSM\baclient>dsmc q archive c:\test1\ -su=y
Tivoli Storage Manager
*** Fixtest, Please see README file for more information ***
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 1, Level
5.15
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2002 All Rights Reserved.

Node Name: STORMAN
Session established with server STORMAN_SERVER1: Windows
  Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.2
  Server date/time: 04/11/2003 08:59:29  Last access: 04/11/2003 08:59:14

             Size  Archive Date - Time    File - Expires on - Description
             ----  -------------------    -------------------------------
           495  B  04/11/2003 08:59:15    \\storman\c$\Test1\file1
04/10/2004 Fri 04/11/2003 Test Archive

C:\TSM\baclient>

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for?

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Jim Kirkman <jmk AT EMAIL.UNC DOT EDU>
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04/11/2003 08:45
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In the spirit of one of Andy's signature lines, I won't characterize
this as a 'dumb' question, but it sure feels like one!

On a W2K archive how do I enter a description that has the date as part
of it? I've tried %date and various other paramaters, but whatever I put
in becomes a literal part of the description. I know the default gives
you the date but with just Archive as a name.

It's obviously not the same as on AIX!

Thanks,

--
Jim Kirkman
AIS - Systems
UNC-Chapel Hill
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