Windows operating systems

Explicit use of UNC names for remote drives

Tivoli® Storage Manager recognizes explicit use of UNC names for remote drives.

For example, as shown in Table 1, the UNC name pattern can be substituted for the DOS pattern.

Assume local drive letter r: is mapped to remote share point \\remote\c$, s: is mapped to \\remote\share4, and t: is mapped to \\remote\share2.

Table 1. UNC name patterns and DOS patterns
UNC name pattern DOS pattern
\\remote\c$\include\file.out 
r:\include\file.out
\\remote\c$\...\file.out 
r:\...\file.out
\\remote\share4\exclude\*
s:\exclude\*  
\\remote\share2\...\?.out 
t:\...\?.out