Installation and User's Guide

1. The maximum length of a description is 254 characters.2. Enclose the value in quotation marks (" ") if the option value that you entercontains a blank space.Use the description option with the following commands:v archivev delete archivev query archivev query backupsetv retrieveSupported ClientsThis option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does notsupport this option.Syntax►► DEScription = description ►◄ParametersdescriptionAssigns a description to the file you are archiving. If you do not specify adescription with the archive command, the default is Archive Date:x, where xis the current system date. Note that the date is always 10 characters long. Ifyour date format uses a two digit year, there are two blank spaces at the endof the date. For example, a default description using a four-digit year might be"Archive Date: 2002/05/03", and the same default with a two-digit year mightbe "Archive Date: 02/05/03 " (note the two spaces at the end). Whenretrieving files using the two-digit year description, you can enter the-description option string in either of the following ways:-description="ArchiveDate: 02/05/03 "or-description="ArchiveDate: 02/05/03*"If you use the archive command to archive more than one file, the descriptionyou enter applies to each file. For example, to archive a group of files andassign the same description, Project X, to each file, you would enter:dsmc archive –description="Project X" c:\allproj\*.xYou can then use the description to retrieve all of the files.ExamplesCommand line:dsmc archive –des="2003 Budget for Proj 1" c:\foo\ *.prjDetailUse the detail option to display management class, file space, backup, and archiveinformation depending on the command with which it is used.Use the detail option with the query mgmtclass command to display detailedinformation about each management class in your active policy set. If you do notuse the detail option, only the management class name and a brief description are338 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide