Groupwise Time Stamp Utility; Gwtmstmp Functionality - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

/tempdir
Specifies where TSAFSGW places files during the backup process. You need sufficient disk space
to accommodate the largest database, but not the entire domain or post office. The default locations
are platform specific:
NetWare:
sys:\system\tsa\temp
Linux:
/tmp
For example, to change the temporary directory, you would use:
NetWare:
/tempdir-vol1:\temp
Linux:
--tempdir /gw/temp
NetWare TSAFSGW
Syntax: /tempdir- path

34.3 GroupWise Time Stamp Utility

You can use the GroupWise Time Stamp (GWTMSTMP) utility to ensure that GroupWise user
databases include the dates when they were last backed up, restored, and retained.
The following sections provide information about the utility:
Section 34.3.1, "GWTMSTMP Functionality," on page 461
Section 34.3.2, "Running GWTMSTMP on NetWare," on page 462
Section 34.3.3, "Running GWTMSTMP on Linux," on page 463
Section 34.3.4, "Running GWTMSTMP on Windows," on page 463
Section 34.3.5, "GWTMSTMP Startup Switches," on page 464

34.3.1 GWTMSTMP Functionality

GWTMSTMP places date and time information on user databases (
message backup, restore, and retention. No other databases are affected. You can run GWTMSTMP
on all user databases in a post office or on a single user database.
Backup
To ensure thorough user database backups, you can make sure that deleted items are not purged
from users' databases until they have been backed up. Two conditions must be met in order to
provide this level of protection against loss of deleted items:
The Allow Purge of Items Not Backed Up option must be deselected in ConsoleOne, as
described in "Environment Options: Cleanup" on page
User databases (
userxxx.db
items can be purged only after being backed up.
) must be time-stamped every time a backup is performed so that
Linux TSAFSGW
--tempdir path
) in order to support
userxxx.db
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