Sure. Use the command line version of the TSM client, dsmc. Put it in a .bat file with a shortcut on the Windows desktop.
We call ours "one-button backup", and it's a .bat file with these contents: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ c: cd c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" >>dsmsched.log echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" >>dsmsched.log echo "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" >>dsmsched.log echo "starting one-button-backup %DATE% %TIME% " >>dsmsched.log echo "++ ++" >>dsmsched.log dsmc incremental >>dsmsched.log ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "dsmc incremental" does a complete incremental backup, same as if you used the scheduler. You can, of course, change it to dsmc "yourdesiredfilespec" to backup just selected files/directories. The dsmc command and it's parameters are documented in the TSM Windows Client Installation and Use manual. Wanda Prather Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 443-778-8769 "Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think" - Dilbert/Scott Adams -----Original Message----- From: Morten Kongsted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: predefined backup Hi Is it possible to predefine a backup job, which the user have to start by himself. First, I don't want to use server schedules because they have be started at a certain time and some users are not satisfied with that. Second I don't want the user to select which files to backup every time. Basically i want a backup rountine which the user can start any time he/she wants. Is this possible ? I'm running tsm 5.2 on as/400 pase with 5.2 windows clients. Regards Morten Kongsted
