Skipmissingsyswfiles

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