Use the Skipmissingsyswfiles option
to specify whether the Tivoli® Storage
Manager client skips certain missing VSS writer files and continues
the system state backup.
Setting the
skipmissingsyswfile option
to yes causes certain VSS writer files that are not found during a
system state backup to be skipped. This option is effective only for
missing files from the following VSS writers:
- System Writer
- Windows Deployment Service
Writer
- Event Log writer
Consider the following
items before you use the skipmissingsyswfile option:
- Setting the skipmissingsyswfile option to
yes enables backups that might have failed with previous versions
of Tivoli Storage
Manager to
complete.
- There is a small risk of an inconsistent backup
because a file is skipped.
- This risk is minimized by these
factors:
- The backup can be done only when the system is running.
- Critical system files are protected from deletion by Microsoft Windows.
Supported Clients
This
option is valid for Windows clients.
Options File
Place
this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).
Syntax
.-Yes-.
>>-SKIPMISSingsyswfiles--+-----+-------------------------------><
'-No--'
Parameters
- Yes
- Specifies that
you want the Tivoli Storage
Manager client
to skip certain files that are not found during system state backup.
The files that are not found are logged to both the error log and
the server activity log. The final return code is set to 8. This is
the default.
- No
- Specifies that you want the Tivoli Storage
Manager client to
stop the backup when files are not found during system state backup.
The files that are not found are logged to the error log and to the
server activity log. The final return code is 12.
Examples
- Options file:
SKIPMISSingsyswfiles yes
- Command line:
-SKIPMISSingsyswfiles=yes