include symbolic links

[fsc]

HI everybody,

I have the current configuration: TSM 6.1.2 Server on AIX and 6.1.0.0 Client on a different AIX server. The software vendor has a directory that looks as follows:

drwxrwxr-x 2 root system 4096 Apr 22 18:22 a
drwxrwxr-x 2 root system 4096 Apr 22 18:22 b
drwxrwxr-x 2 root system 4096 Apr 22 18:22 c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 1 Apr 22 18:41 current -> b

a, b, c are changing directory names. Only the most current directory should be included with the backup. This is what the symbolic link is used for. The bad thing is that each directory contains an amount of 50GB data which become more or less obsolete in the moment a newer one exists. This is a kind of backup mechanism used by the software vendor and we are not allowed to change it.

Now the question:

How can I let the TSM client only backup whatever "current" points to?

I already tried to add the following to my dsm.sys file which didn't work:

FOLLOWsymbolic Yes
virtualmountpoint /.../fsc/current

Any ideas are highly appreciated!

Thanks
Frank

 

[moon-buddy]

My approach would be to script the backup (not using TSM scheduler but initiating from the node via cron) noting the changes that happens and applying those changes for the backup.