TSM Backup Verification Commands on Windows

Please find the steps listed below to check the connectivity and backup configuration:

Open dsmc.exe from C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient (it will take a minute to load)

Execute “q se”, to verify if its configured standalone or failover

Execute “q fi” to list out the drives that are backed up. Belolw screen shot shows C, D, G and L drive.

Execute “q sched” to verify the schedule

Execute “q inclexcl” to find all the file and folder that has been included Inclusion and Exclusion

Execute “q ba” to find the last backup of any folder ex: g:\domino”

We can also use dsm.opt located in C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient
It will list all the files included with special requirement and excluded from backup.

Thanks,
WintelAdmin