topic Re: TSM sym links didn't get restored? in Operating System - HP-UX

TSM sym links didn't get restored?

Becke — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:02:24 GMT

Hello All,

I need a urgent query.

I backed up a filesystem using

dsmc archive "/filesysname/*" -subdir=yes

BUT when i used

dsmc restore "/filesysname/*" -subdir=yes

it didn't restore the symlinks,

can someone tell me how to restore the sym link using dsmc restore or dsmc retrieve commands???

Thanks

Re: TSM sym links didn't get restored?

Dennis Handly — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:15 GMT

It seems that dsmc is some foreign devil backup utility? What OS & and version are you using this on?

Re: TSM sym links didn't get restored?

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:21:17 GMT

Hi,

Try,

dsmc retrieve "/home/jones/*.*" -subdir=yes

Asking a question about Tivoli Storage Manager on a HPUX forum is asking for trouble :-)

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: TSM sym links didn't get restored?

Robert-Jan Goossens — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:35:44 GMT

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.itsmfdt.doc_5.4/ans50000455.htm

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: TSM sym links didn't get restored?

Becke — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:38:30 GMT

Thanks Robert :)

I worked it out actually archive class doesn't backup the symlinks unless you specify a flag ie somethig like "Symbolic=yes" or something like that..

and then we can use

"dsmc retrieve "/filesystemname/*" -subdir=yes -fol=yes.

Many Thanks for your response and help.

Raf