ROOT USER
ADSM includes executable files for the graphical user interface and for the command-line interface in both non-AFS/DFS, AFS, and DFS versions. You can choose to use the AFS or DFS versions on an AIX workstation only.
If you back up AFS or DFS files using the non-AFS/DFS versions, ADSM backs up the files and saves standard UNIX access permissions and extended permissions, but does not back up AFS or DFS access control lists for directories.
If you want ADSM to back up AFS or DFS access control lists, you must use the AFS or DFS versions of the executable files.
AFS users can issue /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmafs to start a GUI session and issue /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmcafs to start a command-line session.
Or, you can do the following:
Then, users can issue dsm to start a GUI session and dsmc to start a command-line session.
DFS users can issue /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmdfs to start a GUI session and issue /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmcdfs to start a command-line session.
Or, you can do the following:
Then, users can issue dsm to start a GUI session and dsmc to start a command-line session.
When you back up AFS or DFS files, you want ADSM to begin checking files for eligibility at the directory that begins a user account. To identify where a user account begins, you can use the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option in your client system options file. For example, to define a virtual mount point in AFS for a user named Steiner, you could enter the following:
virtualmountpoint /afs/almaden.ibm.com/home/steiner/
Attention: If you do not specify a virtual mount point for AFS or DFS, ADSM must check the entire AFS or DFS directory tree beginning with /afs or /... to find the files a user can back up. That can take a long time. You probably do not want to allow ADSM to check the entire AFS or DFS directory.
For more detailed information about the AFS/DFS Backup CLients, refer to ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager AFS/DFS Backup Clients, SH26-4048.
For more detailed information about the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option, see Virtualmountpoint.