Preview-backup operation
The preview-backup operation simulates a backup command without sending data to the server.
The following table describes the elements for the preview-backup operation:
Adapter request elements for the preview-backup command
The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the preview-backup operation.
Sample adapter request for the preview-backup command
<tsm-request>
<operation-name>preview-backup</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<filter>all</filter>
<filename>C:\output.txt</filename>
<traverse>Yes</traverse>
<console></console>
</command-options>
<command-arguments>
<filespec>C:\sampl.txt</filespec>
</command-arguments>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
<operation-name>preview-backup</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<filter>all</filter>
<filename>C:\output.txt</filename>
<traverse>Yes</traverse>
<console></console>
</command-options>
<command-arguments>
<filespec>C:\sampl.txt</filespec>
</command-arguments>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
The following figure shows the adapter response for the sample request:
Sample adapter response for the preview-backup operation
<tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc preview backup -filter=all -filename=C:\output.txt - traverse=Yes -console C:\test\*</command>
<line-count>10</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>1281</execution-milliseconds>>
<exit-code>0</exit-code>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<output>
<line index="1"> Name: Size: Type: Status: Pattern: Source: Mgmt Class:</line>
<line index="2">----- ----- ----- ------- -------- ------- -----------</line>
<line index="3">C:\test\Softwares 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="4">C:\test\test1 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="5">C:\test\test.txt 19 B .txt Included - - DEFAULT</line>
<line index="6">C:\test\test1.txt 7 B .txt Included - - DEFAULT</line>
<line index="7">C:\test\Softwares\test1 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="8">Preview output has been successfully written to file 'C:\output.txt'.</line>
<line index="9"></line>
<line index="10">C:\BMC\BMC-BMC\eclipse-SDK-3.4-win32\bmccat- ws\svn-del1-adapter-ibm-tsm></line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc preview backup -filter=all -filename=C:\output.txt - traverse=Yes -console C:\test\*</command>
<line-count>10</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>1281</execution-milliseconds>>
<exit-code>0</exit-code>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<output>
<line index="1"> Name: Size: Type: Status: Pattern: Source: Mgmt Class:</line>
<line index="2">----- ----- ----- ------- -------- ------- -----------</line>
<line index="3">C:\test\Softwares 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="4">C:\test\test1 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="5">C:\test\test.txt 19 B .txt Included - - DEFAULT</line>
<line index="6">C:\test\test1.txt 7 B .txt Included - - DEFAULT</line>
<line index="7">C:\test\Softwares\test1 0 B Directory Included - - STANDARD</line>
<line index="8">Preview output has been successfully written to file 'C:\output.txt'.</line>
<line index="9"></line>
<line index="10">C:\BMC\BMC-BMC\eclipse-SDK-3.4-win32\bmccat- ws\svn-del1-adapter-ibm-tsm></line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
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