Backup-incremental operation
The backup-incremental operation copies backup files of all new or changed files or directories in the default client domain or from file systems, directories, or files you specify, unless you exclude them from backup services.
The following table describes the elements for the backup-incremental operation:
Adapter request elements for the backup-incremental operation
The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the backup-incremental operation:
Sample adapter request for the backup-incremental operation
<tsm-request>
<operation-name>backup-incremental</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<changingretries>3</changingretries>
<compressalways>no</compressalways>
<compression>yes</compression>
<filesonly />
<incrbydate />
<memoryefficientbackup>yes</memoryefficientbackup>
<preservelastaccessdate>yes</preservelastaccessdate>
</command-options>
<command-arguments>
<filespec>C:\YServer.txt</filespec>
</command-arguments>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
<operation-name>backup-incremental</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<changingretries>3</changingretries>
<compressalways>no</compressalways>
<compression>yes</compression>
<filesonly />
<incrbydate />
<memoryefficientbackup>yes</memoryefficientbackup>
<preservelastaccessdate>yes</preservelastaccessdate>
</command-options>
<command-arguments>
<filespec>C:\YServer.txt</filespec>
</command-arguments>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
The following figure shows the adapter response for the sample request:
Sample adapter response for the backup-incremental operation
<tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc incremental -changingretries=3 -compressalways=no - compression=yes -filesonly -incrbydate -memoryefficientbackup=yes - preservelastaccessdate=yes C:\YServer.txt</command>
<line-count>27</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>2813</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: 10/10/2008 12:52:27</line>
<line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved.</line>
<line index="6">Node Name: L-16862</line>
<line index="7">Session established with server L-16862_SERVER1: Windows</line>
<line index="8"> Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
<line index="9"> Server date/time: 10/10/2008 12:52:27 Last access: 10/10/2008 12:48:00</line>
<line index="10">Incremental by Date of volume 'C:\YServer.txt'</line>
<line index="11">Normal File--> 146 \\l- 16862\c$\YServer.txt [Sent] </line>
<line index="12">Successful incremental backup of '\\l- 16862\c$\YServer.txt'</line>
<line index="13">Total number of objects inspected: 1</line>
<line index="14">Total number of objects backed up: 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 subfile objects: 0</line>
<line index="21">Total number of bytes transferred: 367 B</line>
<line index="22">Data transfer time: 0.00 sec</line>
<line index="23">Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="24">Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.34 KB/sec</line>
<line index="25">Objects compressed by: 0%</line>
<line index="26">Subfile objects reduced by: 0%</line>
<line index="27">Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01</line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc incremental -changingretries=3 -compressalways=no - compression=yes -filesonly -incrbydate -memoryefficientbackup=yes - preservelastaccessdate=yes C:\YServer.txt</command>
<line-count>27</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>2813</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: 10/10/2008 12:52:27</line>
<line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved.</line>
<line index="6">Node Name: L-16862</line>
<line index="7">Session established with server L-16862_SERVER1: Windows</line>
<line index="8"> Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
<line index="9"> Server date/time: 10/10/2008 12:52:27 Last access: 10/10/2008 12:48:00</line>
<line index="10">Incremental by Date of volume 'C:\YServer.txt'</line>
<line index="11">Normal File--> 146 \\l- 16862\c$\YServer.txt [Sent] </line>
<line index="12">Successful incremental backup of '\\l- 16862\c$\YServer.txt'</line>
<line index="13">Total number of objects inspected: 1</line>
<line index="14">Total number of objects backed up: 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 subfile objects: 0</line>
<line index="21">Total number of bytes transferred: 367 B</line>
<line index="22">Data transfer time: 0.00 sec</line>
<line index="23">Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="24">Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.34 KB/sec</line>
<line index="25">Objects compressed by: 0%</line>
<line index="26">Subfile objects reduced by: 0%</line>
<line index="27">Elapsed processing time: 00:00:01</line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
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