Use the absolute option with the incremental command to force a backup of all files that match the file specification or domain, even if the files were not changed since the last incremental backup.
This option overrides the management class copy group mode parameter for backup copy groups; it does not affect the frequency parameter or any other backup copy group parameters. This option does not override exclude statements, so files that are excluded from backup are not eligible for backup even when the absolute option is specified.
To force a full backup of a file system that uses journal-based backup, specify both the nojournal and absolute options on the incremental command.
During a domain incremental backup, where systemstate is specified as part of the domain, the absolute option does not force a full backup of system state objects. To force a domain incremental backup operation to create a full backup of system state objects, you must add systemstatebackupmethod full to the client options file.
To use the absolute option on scheduled incremental backups, the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator must create a separate backup schedule that includes the absolute option on the schedule’s options parameter.
This option is valid for all clients as a command-line parameter for the incremental command. This option cannot be added to a client option set on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
There are no parameters for this option.
dsmc incr -absolute "/Users/sparky/source/*.c"
dsmc incr -absolute c:\foo\*.c