Tivoli Initial Client Backup

1. Open the Tivoli CLI (not the GUI)
   1. AIX
      1. Path to /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
      2. ./dsmc
   2. Linux
      1. Path to /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
      2. ./dsmc
   3. Windows
      1. Run CMD.EXE as Administrator
         1. Path to C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient
         2. dsmc
   4. tsm> inc <domain from dsm.opt> -subdir=yes
   5. Repeat for each domain that needs to be backed up.

Further Reading

1. IBM Knowledge Center