How to confirm that TSAFS and TSAFSGW is being used to backup GroupWise

How to confirm that TSAFS and TSAFSGW is being used to backup GroupWise

Checking if TSAFS and TSAFSGW is being used to safely backup and restore GroupWise databases

Checking if TSAFS and TSAFSGW is being used to backup and restore open GroupWise files

To make sure that TSAFSGW is being used by the backup engine, load the TSAFSGW with --logpath and --loglevel switch and then check the tsafsgw.log file to see if it contains data. The amount of information in the tsafsgw.log file should be very detailed. If that is the case it means tsafsgw is being used. If the file is empty, the TSAFSGW is not being used by the backup engine.

 

Example:

/opt/novell/sms/bin/smsconfig -l tsafs --enablegw

/opt/novell/sms/bin/smsconfig -l tsafsgw --home /opt/novell/groupwise/gwdom --home /opt/novell/groupwise/gwpo --logpath /tmp/gw --loglevel 9

Notes:
One other method would be to use the --tempdir switch with TSAFSGW and then use the inotifywait application to see what files get created and deleted in the temporary directory and see if it the output consisits of it creating and deleting files. If so, it means it is caching the databases and using TSAFSGW. inotifywait application can be downloaded from the following website

http://sourceforge.net/projects/inotify-tools/files/

The TSAFS and TSAFSGW APIs are designed to work openly with supported 3rd party backup software for OES2 SP1 Linux.