commit cbb8d5c1fa88a4a58d2f5dd3f34098cb1f0ed951 Author: Deon George Date: Thu Sep 24 21:10:59 2015 +1000 deon created page: home diff --git a/home.md b/home.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..581769a --- /dev/null +++ b/home.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +TSMPIPE is a Tivoli Storage Manager client, that enables you to take data from STDIN and store that in TSM as a BACKUP or ARCHIVE object. + +In its simplest form, you can + +`cat myfile.ext | tsmpipe -c [MORE OPTIONS]` + +Or, where an application supports "dumping" to STDOUT, you can pipe that dump into TSMPIPE. + +`myappdump | tsmpipe -c [OPTIONS]` + +Getting data back is the reverse + +`tsmpipe -x [MORE OPTIONS] > myfile` + +Or, back to your application + +`tsmpipe -x [MORE OPTIONS] | myapp` + +For help, use `tsmpipe -h` +To test that you can connect to TSM, use `tsmpipe -i` \ No newline at end of file