IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Backing up your data

Use the backup-archive client to store backup versions of your files on the Tivoli® Storage Manager server. You can restore these backup versions if the original files are lost or damaged.

AIX operating systems HP-UX operating systems Linux operating systems Mac OS X operating systems Oracle Solaris operating systems All client backup and restore procedures also apply to the web client, except that the web client does not support a Preferences editor.

Windows operating systems All client backup and restore procedures also apply to the web client, except that the web client does not support a Preferences editor. The web client also does not offer a Setup wizard, which is available in the backup-archive client GUI, on Windows clients.

Unless otherwise specified, references to Windows refer to all supported Windows operating systems.

Windows operating systems Tivoli Storage Manager provides backup and archive services for all files on the following file systems: File Allocation Table (FAT), FAT 32, NTFS, and ReFS.

The following is a list of primary backup tasks.

Planning your backups (Windows)
If you are a first-time user, or if you only back up files occasionally, you can use the table in this topic as a checklist of preliminary steps to consider before performing a backup.
Planning your backups
If you are a first-time user, or if you only back up files occasionally, you can use the table in this topic as a checklist of preliminary steps to consider before backing up data.
Which files are backed up
When you request a backup, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up a file if certain requirements are met.
Open file support for backup operations
The VSS snapshot provider is used for open file support.
Backing up data using the GUI
You can use Tivoli Storage Manager to back up specific files, a group of files with similar names, or entire directories.
Backing up data using the command line
You can use the incremental or selective commands to perform backups. The following table shows examples of using commands to perform different tasks.
Deleting backup data
If your administrator has given you authority, you can delete individual backup copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager server without deleting the entire file space.
When to back up and when to archive files
When the backup-archive client backs up or archives a file, it sends a copy of the file and its associated attributes to the server; however, backup and archive operations have different results.
Pre-backup considerations (Windows)
This section discusses some items to consider before you back up your data.
Pre-backup considerations (UNIX and Linux)
This section discusses some items to consider before you back up your data.
Incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backups (Windows)
Your administrator might set up schedules to automatically back up files. This section contains information about how to back up files without a schedule.
Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup (UNIX and Linux)
Your administrator might have set up schedules to automatically back up files on your workstation. The following sections discuss how to back up files without using a schedule.
Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (Windows)
You can use the backup group command to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (UNIX and Linux)
You can use the backup group command to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Backing up data with client-node proxy support (Windows)
Backups of multiple nodes that share storage can be consolidated to a common target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Backing up data with client-node proxy support (UNIX and Linux)
Backups of multiple nodes that share storage can be consolidated to a common target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Associate a local snapshot with a server file space (Windows)
Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental and selective commands in conjunction with a vendor-supplied application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Associate a local snapshot with a server file space (UNIX and Linux)
Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental and selective commands in conjunction with an independent software vendor application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Backing up Windows system state
Tivoli Storage Manager uses VSS to back up all system state components as a single object, to provide a consistent point-in-time snapshot of the system state. System state consists of all startable system state and system services components.
Backing up Automated System Recovery files
You can back up Automated System Recovery (ASR) files in preparation for recovering the Windows disk configuration information and system state in case a catastrophic system or hardware failure occurs.
Preparation for Automated System Recovery
Specific backups and media are required for Windows Automated System Recovery (ASR).
Image backup
From your local workstation, you can back up a logical volume as a single object (image backup) on your system.
Snapshot-based file backup and archive and snapshot-based image backup
For Tivoli Storage Manager clients running on AIX 5.3 or later JFS2 file systems as root user, snapshot-based image backup is created using snapshots by default.
Protecting Btrfs file systems
Btrfs file systems can be included as file specifications for backup and restore commands, archive and retrieve commands, and on backup image and restore image commands. You can also specify Btrfs subvolumes as file specification to the backup and restore, and archive and retrieve functions. You cannot use the backup-archive client image backup or image restore commands on a Btrfs subvolume.
Back up NAS file systems using Network Data Management Protocol
Through support of Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), Tivoli Storage Manager Windows, AIX, and Solaris backup-archive clients can efficiently back up and restore network attached storage (NAS) file system images to automated tape drives or libraries that are locally attached to Network Appliance and EMC Celerra NAS file servers.
Support for CDP Persistent Storage Manager
Persistent Storage Manager (PSM) is the snapshot technology that is included with a number of Microsoft Server Appliance Kit-based NAS boxes that include the IBM® TotalStorage NAS 200, 300, and 300G.
Back up NFS file systems
The Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client can be configured to protect files which are accessed with the Network File System (NFS) protocol.
Back up AIX workload partition file systems
Using the backup-archive client on AIX, you can back up and restore local partition file data within the global partition by using the local partition name space available within the global partition.
Create and back up Solaris Zettabyte file systems
On Solaris SPARC and x86 systems, you can create and back up Zettabyte file systems (ZFS).
AIX JFS2 encrypted file system backup
Use AIX JFS2 Encrypted File System (EFS) to back up files either in clear text or raw format. With clear text format, the file is decrypted by EFS as it is read. With raw format, the data is not decrypted. The default is raw format, but when you set the efsdecrypt option to yes, you get clear text backups.
Back up AIX JFS2 extended attributes
AIX Enhanced Journal File System (JFS2) provides backup processing for named extended attributes for all file systems that support named extended attributes.
Backing up VMware virtual machines
You can use the backup-archive client to back up and restore a VMware virtual machine (VM). Full backups of the virtual machine operate at a disk image level. Incremental backups copy only the data that is changed since the previous full backup.
Back up virtual machines on a Windows Hyper-V system
On Windows systems, you can use a Microsoft Hyper-V server to host virtual machines.
Back up and archive Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack data
Use IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack to back up and archive the latest snapshots for short-term retention.
Backing up Net Appliance CIFS share definitions
Network Appliance (NetApp) CIFS share definitions include share permissions that are set on the file server.
Display backup processing status
During a backup, by default Tivoli Storage Manager displays the status of each file it attempts to back up.
Backup (Windows): Additional considerations
This section discusses additional information to consider when backing up data.
Backup (UNIX and Linux): Additional considerations
There are some special situations that you need to consider before you back up your data.

Parent topic: Back up and restore data with backup-archive clients

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