Installation and User's Guide

Important:1. Your Windows client must be connected to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version5.2.0 or higher server.To back up a system state object using the command line:1. On the command line, use the backup systemstate command to back up allsystem state or system services components as a single object.2. Use the query systemstate command to display information about a backup ofthe system state on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.To back up a system state object using the GUI:1. Click Backup from the GUI main window. The Backup window appears.2. Expand the directory tree by clicking the plus sign (+). To display files in afolder, click the folder icon.3. Locate the system state node in the directory tree. You can expand the systemstate node to display the components.4. Click the selection box next to the system state node to back up the entiresystem state object. You can back up the system state node only as a singleentity because of dependencies among the system state components. By default,all components are selected; you cannot back up individual system statecomponents.5. Click Backup. The Backup Task List window displays the backup processingstatus. When processing completes, the Backup Report window displaysprocessing details.System and boot files are backed up as a group only if one of the members of thegroup (one of the files) changes. If the files have not changed since the last backup,the system and boot files are not redundantly backed up.You can use the include.systemstate option to assign management classes for backup of the system state. The default is to bind the system state object to the defaultmanagement class.You can use the exclude.systemservice option in your client options file (dsm.opt)to exclude individual system services components from backup. Input can be thekeyword or component name to be excluded from backup.You can use the domain option to exclude the entire system state from domainincremental backup processing.The system dllcache directory is now included in the boot partition backup ofWindows 2003 and Windows Vista systems. When the dllcache files are notavailable for restore of Windows 2003 or Windows Vista, system recovery mightrequire availability of the operating system installation media. By backing up thedllcache directory, you can avoid the need for installation media during systemrestores.If you do not want the dllcache directory included in the backup of your bootpartition, and you understand the limitations of not backing up the dllcachedirectory, then you can use an exclude.dir statement to suppress backup of thosefiles. For example:exclude.dir c:\windows\system32\dllcache124 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide