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Related reference“Domain” on page 346Backing up data using the command lineYou can use the incremental or selective commands to perform backups. Thefollowing table shows examples of using commands to perform different tasks.Table 21. Command line backup examplesTask Command ConsiderationsIncremental backupsPerform an incrementalbackup of your client domain.Back up the g: and h: drivesin addition to the c:, d:, ande: drives defined in yourclient domain.Back up all local volumesdefined in your client domainexcept for the c: drive andsystemobject domain.Back up all local volumesdefined in your client domainexcept for the c: drive andsystemstate domain.Back up only the g: and h:drives.Back up all files in thec:\Accounting directory andall its subdirectories.Assuming that you initiated asnapshot of the C: drive andmounted the snapshot as thelogical volume \\florence\c$\snapshots\snapshot.0, runan incremental backup of allfiles and directories under thelocal snapshot and managethem on the Tivoli StorageManager server under the filespace name C:.dsmc incrementaldsmc incremental -domain="g: h:"dsmc incremental -domain="all-local -c:-systemobject"dsmc incremental -domain="all-local -c:-systemstate"dsmc incremental g: h:dsmc incremental c:\Accounting\* -sub=yesdsmc incremental c: -snapshot=\\florence\c$\snapshots\snapshot.0Incremental-by-date backupSee “Incremental” on page 568 formore information about theincremental command. See “Full andpartial incremental backup” on page112 for detailed information aboutincremental backups.See “Domain” on page 346 for moreinformation about the domain option.You cannot use the (-) operator infront of the domain keyword all-local.See “Domain” on page 346 for moreinformation. For Windows Server2003, Windows Server 2008, WindowsVista, and Windows 7 you can alsoexclude the systemstate domain frombackup processing in this way.You cannot use the (-) operator infront of the domain keyword all-local.See “Domain” on page 346 for moreinformation.NoneSee “Subdir” on page 482 for moreinformation about the subdir option.See “Snapshotroot” on page 475 formore information.Chapter 4. Backing up your data 103