Backup-systemstate operation


The backup-systemstate operation makes backup copies of all the bootable system state and system service components as a single object to provide a consistent point-in-time snapshot of the system state.

The backup-systemstate operation is not supported on the UNIX platform.

The following table describes the elements for this request:

 Adapter request elements for the backup-systemstate operation

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the backup-systemstate operation:

Sample adapter request for the backup-systemstate operation

<tsm-request>
 <operation-name>backup-systemstate</operation-name>
 <command-request>
   <timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
 </command-request>
</tsm-request>


The following figure shows the adapter response for the sample request:

Sample adapter response for backup-systemstate operation

<tsm-response>
 <metadata>
   <status>success</status>
   <count>1</count>
 </metadata>
 <commands-output>
   <command-output>
     <metadata>
       <command>dsmc backup systemstate</command>
       <line-count>2016</line-count>
       <execution-milliseconds>120095</execution-milliseconds>
       <exit-code>9999</exit-code>
       <status>success</status>
     </metadata>
     <output>
       <line index="1">IBM Tivoli Storage Manager</line>
       <line index="2">Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface</line>
       <line index="3">  Client Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0  </line>
       <line index="4">  Client date/time: 10/22/2008 14:52:32</line>
       <line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007.         All Rights Reserved.</line>
       <line index="6">Node Name: WIN2STDVM</line>
       <line index="7">Session established with server D-11415: Windows</line>
       <line index="8">  Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
       <line index="9">  Server date/time: 10/22/2008 14:52:15  Last access:         10/21/2008 16:56:32</line>
       <line index="10">Backup System State using shadow copy...</line>
       <line index="11">Preparing to backup using snapshot.</line>
       <line index="12">Directory-->                   0         \\win2stdvm\c$\WINDOWS\repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\ComRegistration        Database [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="13">Normal File-->            21,768         \\win2stdvm\c$\WINDOWS\repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\ComRegistration        Database\ComRegDb.bak [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="14">Normal File-->           212,992         \\win2stdvm\c$\WINDOWS\repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\Registry\defaul        t [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="15">Normal File-->            36,864         \\win2stdvm\c$\WINDOWS\repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\Registry\SAM         [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="16">Normal File-->            61,440         \\win2stdvm\c$\WINDOWS\repair\Backup\BootableSystemState\Registry\SECURI        TY [Sent]      </line>
     </output>
   </command-output>
 </commands-output>
</tsm-response>

 

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