TSM MGMT class and Backup VS Archieve

[Timmymic]

First post here but have gotten alot of information from this forum so far so thank you all for that.

I took over a roll working on TSM and need a little help understanding how the managment classes work with the nodes and TSM so it knows what to back up and what to archieve. We have stuff that is supposed to be backed up for 7 years and I can see that in the MGMT classes but not sure if they are actually doing anything.


Where do I go to ensure this is doing what I am told it is doing?

Thank you!

 

[marclant]

You would have to check that on the client.

You can do it a few ways:

1. Before the backup using the GUI:
- open the GUI
- click on Backup
- expand the directory tree and select a file you are curious about the management class
- right-click on the file and select File Details. It will show you the management class it would backup to:


2. Before the backup using the command line:
- issue this command:
dsmc preview backup c:\test\test.txt
- open dsmprev.txt, and it looks like this:


3. After the backup using the GUI:
- open the GUI
- click on Restore
- expand the directory tree and select a file you are curious about the management class
- check the Mgmt Class column


4. After the backup using the command line:



For archives, replace backup by archive and restore by retrieve.

 

[Timmymic]

Thanks I appreciate it!