Snapshotproviderfs

Supported Clients

This option is valid for AIX® clients only. The IBM Spectrum Protect API does not support this option. The server can also define this option.

This option is valid for all Windows clients. The IBM Spectrum Protect API does not support this option. The server can also define this option.

Options File

Specify this option in the server stanza of the system-options file, dsm.sys, to enable snapshots for all JFS2 file systems on the client. You can override the client-wide option for a specific operation by specifying this option on the command line for the backup and archive commands. You can also override the client-wide option for a specific file system by using the include.fs statement in the dsm.sys file. You can also set this option using the Preferences editor.

Specify this option in the client options file, dsm.opt, to enable snapshots. You can override the client-wide option for a specific operation by specifying this option on the command line for the backup and archive commands. You can also override the client-wide option for a specific file system by using the include.fs statement in the dsm.opt file. You can also set this option using the Preferences editor.

Parameters

value

Specifies one of the following values:

JFS2

Specifies that you want to perform a snapshot-based file backup or archive while the file system is available to other system applications. Valid for JFS2 file systems on AIX clients only.

VSS

Specifies that VSS should be used to provide OFS support. This is the default.

Note: Starting from IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.8, the default value for SNAPSHOTPROVIDERFS and SNAPSHOTPROVIDERIMAGE has been changed from NONE to VSS. This change makes the best practice behavior the default behavior.

NONE

Specifies that no snapshots should be used. A file backup or archive operation is performed using the specified file system. This is the default.

NONE

Specifies that no snapshot provider should be used; OFS support is turned off.