IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Determining the status of replicated client data

You can verify whether the most recent backup of the client was replicated to the secondary server before you restore or retrieve client data from the secondary server.

You can obtain the status of replicated client data to determine whether the most recent client backup was replicated to the secondary server.

If the time stamp of the most recent backup operation on the client matches the time stamp of the backup on the secondary server, the replication status is current.

If the time stamp of the most recent backup operation is different from the time stamp of the backup on the secondary server, the replication status is not current. This situation can occur if you backed up the client, but before the client node can be replicated, the primary server goes down.

To determine the status of replicated client data, issue the following command at the command prompt:

dsmc query filespace -detail

The following sample output shows that the time stamps on the server and the client match, therefore the replication status is current:

#      Last Incr Date        Type        fsID  Unicode  Replication  File Space Name
---    --------------        -------     ----  -------  -----------  ---------------
  1    00/00/0000 00:00:00   HFS            9  Yes      Current         /           

        Last Store Date     Server                  Local
        ---------------     ------                  -----
           Backup Data :    04/22/2013 19:39:17     04/22/2013 19:39:17     
          Archive Data :    No Date Available       No Date Available

The following sample output shows that time stamps on the server and the client do not match, therefore the replication status is not current:

#      Last Incr Date        Type        fsID  Unicode  Replication  File Space Name
---    --------------        -------     ----  -------  -----------  ---------------
  1    00/00/0000 00:00:00   HFS            9  Yes      Not Current  /              

        Last Store Date     Server                  Local
        ---------------     ------                  -----
           Backup Data :    04/22/2013 19:39:17     04/24/2013 19:35:41     
          Archive Data :    No Date Available       No Date Available

If you attempt to restore the data in failover mode and the replication status is not current, a message is displayed that indicates that the data you are about to restore is old. You can decide whether to proceed with the restore or wait until the primary server is online.

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