Use the fbreposlocation option with the backup fastback or archive fastback commands.
The fbreposlocation option specifies the location of the Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack repository for the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client proxy to connect to issue Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack shell commands necessary to mount appropriate snapshots.
This option is required on Linux systems. There is no default location.
It you specify the fbreposlocation option for a snapshot on the FastBack server, use the server_name@WORKGROUP format.
On Windows systems, you do not need to specify the fbreposlocation option when the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client is installed on a DR Hub server or a FastBack server workstation. When the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client is installed on a dedicated client proxy, the repository location fbreposlocation option is required.
If you specify the fbreposlocation option for a FastBack DR Hub, specify only the base directory of the DR Hub repository with this option. Then use the fbbranch option to indicate the Branch ID of the server to back up. If you specify the fbreposlocation option for the FastBack server, use the format \\<fbserver>\REP. In this case, do not use the fbbranch option.
If you use the format -fbr=\\<fbserver>\REP, specify two backslashes before <fbserver> and one backslash before REP when using the Backup-Archive Client in interactive mode. If you are using this format as a Linux command dsmc backup fastback -fbr=\\\\<fbserver>\\REP, you must specify four backslashes before <fbserver> and two backslashes before REP. This is because the Linux shell interprets a backslash as an escape character; the first backslash is treated as an escape character for the following backslash.
This option is valid for Linux x86_64 clients.
This option is valid for all Windows clients.
None. You can specify this option only on the command line. The server can also define or override this option.
dsmc backup fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1
-fbclientname=fbclient1,fbclient2 -fbserver=myFbDrHub
-fbreposlocation=\\myFbDrHub\rep_myFbServer
dsmc backup fastback -fbpolicyname=Policy1
-fbclientname=fbclient1,fbclient2 -fbserver=myFbDrHub
-fbreposlocation=myFbDrHub -fbbranch=rep_myFbServer
The fbreposlocation option is only required on a dedicated proxy machine. If the fbreposlocation option is specified on a machine where a FastBack server or FastBack DR Hub is installed, it is ignored.
Use this command when the Tivoli Storage Manager dedicated proxy client is connecting to a remote Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack server repository:
dsmc backup fastback -fbpolicyname="Policy 1" -fbserver=myFbServer
-fbreposlocation=\\myFbServer.company.com\REP
A repository location is required.
myFbServer is the short host name of the machine where the FastBack server is installed.
Use this command when the Tivoli Storage Manager dedicated proxy client is connecting to a remote repository on a Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack disaster recovery hub:
dsmc backup fastback -fbpolicyname="Policy 1" -fbserver=myFbServer
-fbreposlocation=\\myfbdrhub.company.com\REP
-fbbranch=aFbServerBranch
A repository location is required.
The myFbServer parameter specifies the short host name of the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server whose FastBack branch is specified using the FBBranch option.
The fbbranch option specifies the branch ID of a FastBack server on the disaster recovery hub.