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Related reference“Class” on page 277The class option specifies whether to display a list of NAS or client objects whenusing the delete filespace, query backup, and query filespace commands.“Delete Backup” on page 459The delete backup command deletes backup files from Tivoli Storage Managerserver storage. Your administrator must give you authority to delete backup files.“Delete Filespace” on page 462The delete filespace command deletes file spaces in Tivoli Storage Manager serverstorage. A file space is a logical space on the server that contains files you backedup or archived.Group backup (UNIX and Linux): Backing up files from one or morefile spacesYou can use the backup group command to create and back up a group containinga list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the TivoliStorage Manager server.Restriction: The backup group command does not apply to Mac OS X.A group backup allows you to create a consistent point-in-time backup of a group offiles that is managed as a single logical entity:v All objects in the group are assigned to the same management class.v Existing exclude statements for any files in the group are ignored.v All objects in the group are exported together.vAll objects in the group are expired together as specified in the managementclass. No objects in a group are expired until all other objects in the group areexpired, even when another group they belong to gets expired.A group backup can be added to a backup set.You can perform a full or differential backup using the mode option.For example, to perform a full backup of all the files named in the/home/dir1/filelist1 file to the virtual file space /virtfs containing the groupleader /home/group1 file, enter:dsmc backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=/virtfs -mode=fullChapter 4. Backing up your data 131