I agree with using MODE=ABSOLUTE to do this, rather than SELECTIVE.
Has the requester articulated the "why" behind this requirement? If not, I
would question the rationale for the requirement. TSM's incremental
approach is one of its strengths. Backing up everything (presumably every
day?), even if it hasn't changed, will:
- consume more storage pool, server database space, and other TSM server
resources (like longer backup sessions, etc)
- cause more network traffic
- increase backup run-time
- impact the ability to restore older unique versions of files that are
rolled off by duplicate backups versions (depends on how you configure the
version and retention settings)
Best regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
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The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2008-02-20
09:51:00:
> Yes, but then you need to specify the OBJECTS='' to tell the client
> WHAT to SELectively backup. Only Incremental backups work with
> the DOMAIN, plus SEL doesn't do the SYSTEMobject/state/services.
>
> Put this node in a domain where the mgmtclass is set for
> MODE=ABSOLUTE instead of the default of MODIFIED. Then your backups are
> just incremental, use the DOMAIN, but will always backup.
>
> Bill Boyer
> Tell me again how lucky I am to be working here...I keep forgetting!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Bill Dourado
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:09 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: How to schedule dsmc for "always backup'
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> update schedule 'domain_name' 'schedule_name' action=selective
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> Bill
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> Nicholas Rodolfich <nrodolfich AT EJGH DOT ORG> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor
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> Hello All,
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> Thanks for your help!!
>
> One of my Windows server admins wants to schedule an "always backup"
> so the system will backup everything but we could not find a
> syntax diagram that included the option from the command line. Does
> anyone know where I can find this info or have a trick that we
> could use to make this happen. The user's guide has a list of
> options to dsmc backup but there is not one for the "always backup"
>
> Nicholas Rodolfich
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