From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi, Ralph >I know that client systemstate backups are not supported with Tivoli >Storage Manager 5.1 but has anyone found a way around this ? >I am stuck >on TSM 5.1 for a few more months but need to get systemstate backups >from my W2K3 clients.
There have been some discussions on the list concerning workarounds to this situation. Here's one: 1. Insert the lines domain -systemobject postschedcmd c:\ssbackup.bat in your client option file 2. Create a batch file (called ssbackup.bat for instance) at the root of your C: drive that contains the lines del c:\ssbackup.bkf ntbackup backup systemstate /f "c:\ssbackup.bkf" What this will do is 1) Exclude the system files from the standard backup, and 2) Run NTBACKUP to create a file that contains a backup of all the system files. Your regular backup will then back up this file. (This operation will take place after your client backup is complete.) The reason to run NTBACKUP at the *end* of the client backup session instead of the beginning is that it will occasionally hang. If this happens before the backup starts, the backup will fail. The beauty of using this workaround is that, if there is ever an issue with successfully restoring the system files with this method, you can get support from Microsoft (since NTBACKUP is their utility). -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Office 262.521.5627
