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workstation and delete files as you archive them using the DELETEFILES option.
Typically, you use archives to save information with either a legal requirement
(for example, account information, annual reports, billing information, or annual
customer reports); or an internal audit requirement (for example, application logs,
user activity information, or employee files).
When you use the archive command with the ARCHMC option, you can select
any available management class in the active policy set that has an archive
copygroup. If you omit this option then the default management class is used.
This enables you to select the retention period (according to the retention period
in days specified in the archive copygroup) for all the data you are archiving. The
output of each archive operation is called an archive package and is by default
given a description of the time and date when the archive was made.
To override the default description, specify your own text with the DESCRIPTION
option. You can later use the assigned archive package description to add
additional files to an existing package. The package description can also be used
to query for existing packages or to retrieve files from the package, without
needing to know exactly what files were contained in it. The description is
case-sensitive.
Table 11-5 gives examples of archive operations using a UNIX backup-archive
client.
Table 11-5 Archive command examples: UNIX
If you want to perform this operation... .... then this is the client command
Archive all files from a directory (/home). dsmc archive /home/ -subdir=yes
Archive files from different directories
(/home and /temp). dsmc archive /home/
/temp/-subdir=yes
Archive files from a directory (/home) to a
management class called Y1 (which is
one year retention). dsmc archive /home/ -archmc=y1
Create a new archive package called
"PEBBLES-FILES" from a directory
(/home).
dsmc archive /home/ -subdir=yes
-description="PEBBLES-FILES"
Add files from a directory (/temp) to an
archive package called
"PEBBLES-FILES". dsmc archive /temp/ -subdir=yes
-description="PEBBLES-FILES"