Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (Windows)

You can use the backup group command to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli® Storage Manager server.

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A group backup allows you to create a consistent point-in-time backup of a group of files that is managed as a single logical entity:

All objects in the group are assigned to the same management class. Use the include option to bind a group to a management class.
Existing exclude statements for any files in the group are ignored.
All objects in the group are exported together.
All objects in the group are expired together as specified in the management class. No objects in a group are expired until all other objects in the group are expired, even when another group they belong to gets expired.

A group backup can be added to a backup set.

You can perform a full or differential backup using the mode option.

For example, to perform a full backup of all the files in the c:\dir1\filelist1 file to the virtual file space \virtfs, containing the group leader c:\group1 file, enter the following command:

dsmc backup group -filelist=c:\dir1\filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=
\virtfs -mode=full