Installing the TSM Version 6 Client for Linux

6.1. Introduction and CLI

Having installed the TSM Backup Client software, you will now want to back up your data. There are two methods for doing this, either using the command line tool or using the Java based GUI.

To use the command line tool, open a terminal and run dsmc. This will give you a command line interface (CLI). Or you can just run commands straight from the shell. For example

 dsmc incr /home 

For more in depth usage of the CLI, see Using the TSM Client Command Line Interface for Backup & Restore

6.2. Select all local partitions

To use the Java based GUI open a terminal window, become root (unless non-root usage has been enabled) and run dsmj. Alternatively find "Tivoli Storage Manager" on the desktop menus and select that. In this case you will be asked to authenticate to run the command as root.

The GUI first displays a splash screen, and then the TSM Hub window is displayed as below. From here you can select Backup under BACKUP.

This pops up another window as below.

To just back up all local disks, click on the grey box to the left of the icon and the word Local. If you have more data than the daily backup limit you may not want to do this. Scroll down for other examples.

The Local node in the tree has been ticked. Notice the parent node HFS-TEST-OUCS - this name will be replaced with your TSM nodename.

6.3. Back up Local Filesystems

Now to back up the files, all that is required is to click on Backup.

This will then show a progress bar as below.

It is also possible to see a report of current progress by clicking on Report. If you want to interrupt the backup process, click on the Stop button.

Once the backup process has completed then a message will pop up. It is possible for this to become hidden behind another window.

Clicking OK will return you to the TSM Hub window.

6.4. Selecting local filesystems

It is possible to select some partitions to manually back up.

To view the individual filesystems click on the small square to the left of the tick box and the word Local. This will expand the tree to display the filesystem partitions.

To select filesystem partitions click on the square grey box to the left of the partition name. In the example below the following partitions have been selected: /, /usr and /var.

To back up the files click on Backup. You may want to follow the screenshots above in 6.3. Back up Local Filesystems .

6.5. Exploring the filesystem

It is possible to expand the tree to see what will be backed up. This is done by clicking on the small square to the left of the tick box.

You may have noticed the red circle over /tmp/. This means that it has been excluded in dsm.sys. If you click on a directory or icon (in the example below bin has been selected) then the files will be displayed in the right hand pane.

6.6. Selecting a directory

It is possible to select a particular directory to back up. In this example it is /bin/. Notice that I have clicked on the check box and then clicked on the folder icon or directory name (bin) to show what is inside the directory as above.

To back up the files click on Backup. You may want to follow the screenshots above in 6.3. Back up Local Filesystems .

6.7. Selecting a file

It is possible to select a particular file to back up (or even a number of individual files). In this example it is /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

To back up the files click on Backup. You may want to follow the screenshots above in 6.3. Back up Local Filesystems .

To cancel any individual selection, click the selector box to toggle it off. To cancel all your selections first select the parent folder icon in the left hand pane, then choose the [Deselect Items] option from the [Edit] menu.