hello,
1)you have to define a devclass of deftype FILE e.g

adsm> def devc dbbackup devt=FILE direc=/dir/for/backups

2)then you can simply perform a dbbackup eg:

dsmc> backup db devc=dbbackup type=full vol=name_of_backup_file

3)with DSMSERV RESTORE DB you can restore youradsm db / you need a good
DEVCONFIG file and VOLUMEHISTORY file( its good to have a look in the
manual befor you do this ;-)

herfried




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Subject:  ADSM database backup to a file.


Hi everyone,
Can i backup my adsm db into a file because i usually backed up into tapes
using the devclass.
if possible, please provide the commands or steps how to do it and how to
restore it.

thanks,
zosi