IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux Backup-Archive ...

You can selectively back up single files or directories. You can also use wildcardcharacters to back up groups of related files.If you set the subdir option to yes when backing up a specific path and file, TivoliStorage Manager recursively backs up all subdirectories under that path, and anyinstances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories.During a selective backup, a directory path might be backed up, even if thespecific file that was targeted for backup is not found. For example the followingcommand still backs up dir1 and dir2 even if the file bogus.txt does not exist.selective /Users/user1/Documents/dir1/bogus.txtselective "/dir1/dir2/bogus.txt"If the selective command is retried because of a communication failure or sessionloss, the transfer statistics will display the number of bytes Tivoli Storage Managerattempts to transfer during all command attempts. Therefore, the statistics for bytestransferred might not match the file statistics, such as those for file size.You can use the removeoperandlimit option to specify that Tivoli Storage Managerremoves the 20-operand limit. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option withthe selective command, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted onlyby available resources or other operating system limits.Supported ClientsThis command is valid for all clients.Syntax►►Selectiveoptions▼filespec″filespec″►◄ParametersoptionsTable 98. Selective command: Related optionsOptionWhere to usechangingretriesClient system options file (dsm.sys) or command line.“Changingretries” on page276compressalways“Compressalways” onpage 282compression“Compression” on page283dirsonly “Dirsonly” onpage 293filelist “Filelist” on page316Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line.Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line.Command line only.Command line only.Chapter 11. Using commands 523