Installation and User's Guide

Displaying online helpEnding a session1. Unless otherwise noted, the tasks and procedures in the above table apply toall Tivoli Storage Manager GUIs.2. Using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUIs, you can sort a list of files by variousattributes, such as name, directory, size, or modification date. Sorting files bythe last backup date can be useful in determining what date and time to use forthe point-in-time function.3. An active file is the most recent backup version of a file that existed on yourworkstation when you ran your last backup. All other backup versions of thatfile are inactive. Only active backup versions of files are displayed, unless youselect the Display active/inactive files menu option. If you delete the file fromyour workstation, the active version becomes inactive the next time you run anincremental backup.On the command-line client, you can use query commands with the inactiveoption to display both active and inactive objects. You can use restorecommands with the pick and inactive options to produce the list of active andinactive backups to choose from.Related reference“Inactive” on page 393“Pick” on page 426You can display online help in any of the following ways: On the Tivoli StorageManager client GUIs, from the Web client, or from the dsmc command line.vOn Tivoli Storage Manager client GUIs:– Open the Help menu.– Click the Help button in the current window.v From the dsmc command line: Enter the help command. The complete table ofcontents for the available help text is displayed.Related reference“Help” on page 566You can end a Tivoli Storage Manager client session from the Tivoli StorageManager client GUI or from the dsmc command line.v From the Tivoli Storage Manager client GUI main hub window:– Click File > Exit.– Press Alt-X.– For the Web client: Open a different URL or close the browser.v From the DSMC command line:– In batch mode, each dsmc command you enter is a complete session. TivoliStorage Manager ends the session when it finishes processing the command.– To end an interactive session, enter quit at the tsm> prompt.– To interrupt a dsmc command before Tivoli Storage Manager has finishedprocessing, enter QQ on the Tivoli Storage Manager console. In many casesbut not all, this interrupts the command. If the command cannot beinterrupted, use the Windows Task Manager to end the dsmc process. Do notpress Ctrl-C because, while it ends the session, it can lead to unexpectedresults.Chapter 3. Getting started 93