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UNIX, we also give examples of Windows commands.
4.6.1 Command line
The command-line interface (CLI) is a character mode interface, and therefore is
well suited for those users who are generally familiar with these types of
interfaces, for example, UNIX or Windows shells. It is also useful if you cannot
access the GUI for some reason, or for creating scripts to automate a backup
process. The CLI can be used for backup, restore, archive, or retrieve operations
and to start the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler.
Starting a session
To start the command-line interface, enter dsmc at the operating system prompt,
as shown in Example 4-13.
Example 4-13 Backup-archive client command-line interface
root@Atlantic /:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface
Client Version 5, Release 3, Level 2.0
Client date/time: 02/20/06
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Node Name: ATLANTIC
Please enter your user id <ATLANTIC>:
Please enter password for user id "ATLANTIC":
Session established with server ATLANTIC: AIX-RS/6000
Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 2.2
Data compression forced off by the server
Server date/time: 02/20/06
tsm>
You can see the prompt tsm>, where you can type backup-archive client
commands. When issuing the first command, you may be prompted for your
password before the command is executed. This occurs if you are not using
automatic password handling. If you set up your client to use automatic
password handling, by setting the PASSWORDACCESS option to GENERATE,
the command you issue will be executed directly.
Once a command is executed, you always return back to the tsm> prompt. This
interactive method is also called
Another way to start a client session is the so-called
type dsmc together with the actual command parameter that you want to execute.
In this mode, the backup-archive client processes the command and returns to
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