Archive operation


The archive operation archives a single file, selected files, or all the files in a directory, and its subdirectories, on a server.

The following figure describes the elements for the archive operation:


 Adapter request elements for the archive operation

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the archive operation:

Sample adapter request for the archive operation

<tsm-request>
 <operation-name>archive</operation-name>
 <command-request>
   <timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
   <command-options>
     <archmc>standard</archmc>
     <changingretries>3</changingretries>
     <compressalways>no</compressalways>
     <compression>yes</compression>
     <description>"Test Description"</description>
     <filesonly />
     <preservelastaccessdate>yes</preservelastaccessdate>
     <skipntpermissions>yes</skipntpermissions>
     <skipntsecuritycrc>yes</skipntsecuritycrc>
     <v2archive />
   </command-options>
   <command-arguments>
     <filespec>C:\tmuninst.ini</filespec>
   </command-arguments>
 </command-request>
 <command-request>
   <command-options>
     <archmc>default</archmc>
     <changingretries>3</changingretries>
     <compressalways>no</compressalways>
     <compression>yes</compression>
     <description>"Test Description"</description>
     <filesonly />
     <preservelastaccessdate>yes</preservelastaccessdate>
     <skipntpermissions>yes</skipntpermissions>
     <skipntsecuritycrc>yes</skipntsecuritycrc>
     <v2archive />
   </command-options>
   <command-arguments>
     <filespec>C:\tmuninst.ini</filespec>
   </command-arguments>
 </command-request>
</tsm-request>


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

Sample adapter response for the archive operation

<tsm-response>
 <metadata>
   <status>success</status>
   <count>2</count>
 </metadata>
 <commands-output>
   <command-output>
     <metadata>
       <command>dsmc archive -archmc=standard -changingretries=3 -        compressarchive C:\tmuninst.ini</command>
       <line-count>25</line-count>
       <execution-milliseconds>2765</execution-milliseconds>
       <exit-code>0</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: 10/01/2008 09:54:57</line>
       <line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s)</line>
       <line index="6">Archive function invoked.</line>
       <line index="7">Node Name: D-13096</line>
       <line index="8">Session established with server </line>
       <line index="9">  Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
       <line index="10">  Server date/time: 10/01/2008 09:53:00 </line>
       <line index="11">Normal File--&gt; [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="12">Archive processing of '\tmuninst.ini' finished </line>
       <line index="13">Total number of objects inspected:        1</line>
       <line index="14">Total number of objects archived:         1</line>
       <line index="15">Total number of objects updated:          0</line>
       <line index="16">Total number of objects rebound:          0</line>
       <line index="17">Total number of objects deleted:          0</line>
       <line index="18">Total number of objects expired:          0</line>
       <line index="19">Total number of objects failed:           0</line>
       <line index="20">Total number of bytes transferred:      45  B</line>
       <line index="21">Data transfer time:                    0.00 sec</line>
       <line index="22">Network data transfer rate:            0.00 KB/sec</line>
       <line index="23">Aggregate data transfer rate:          0.04 KB/sec</line>
       <line index="24">Objects compressed by:                    0%</line>
       <line index="25">Elapsed processing time:           00:00:01</line>
     </output>
   </command-output>
   <command-output>
     <metadata>
       <command>dsmc archive -archmc=default C:\tmuninst.ini</command>
       <line-count>25</line-count>
       <execution-milliseconds>2796</execution-milliseconds>
       <exit-code>0</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: 10/01/2008 09:55:00</line>
       <line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007.         All Rights Reserved.</line>
       <line index="6">Archive function invoked.</line>
       <line index="7">Node Name: D-13096</line>
       <line index="8">Session established with server SERVER1:         Linux/i386</line>
       <line index="9">  Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
       <line index="10">  Server date/time: 10/01/2008 09:53:03  Last access:         10/01/2008 09:53:01</line>
       <line index="11">Normal File--&gt;                21 \\d-        13096\c$\tmuninst.ini [Sent]      </line>
       <line index="12">Archive processing of '\\d-13096\c$\tmuninst.ini'         finished without failure.</line>
       <line index="13">Total number of objects inspected:        1</line>
       <line index="14">Total number of objects archived:         1</line>
       <line index="15">Total number of objects updated:          0</line>
       <line index="16">Total number of objects rebound:          0</line>
       <line index="17">Total number of objects deleted:          0</line>
       <line index="18">Total number of objects expired:          0</line>
       <line index="19">Total number of objects failed:           0</line>
       <line index="20">Total number of bytes transferred:      45  B</line>
       <line index="21">Data transfer time:                    0.00 sec</line>
       <line index="22">Network data transfer rate:            0.00 KB/sec</line>
       <line index="23">Aggregate data transfer rate:          0.04 KB/sec</line>
       <line index="24">Objects compressed by:                    0%</line>
       <line index="25">Elapsed processing time:           00:00:01</line>
     </output>
   </command-output>
 </commands-output>
</tsm-response>

 

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