You probably can, but I'd be inclined to use something like robocopy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy) to achieve what your after
Steven Langdale Global Information Services EAME SAN/Storage Planning and Implementation ( Phone : +44 (0)1733 584175 ( Mob: +44 (0)7876 216782 ΓΌ Conference: +44 (0)208 609 7400 Code: 331817 + Email: steven.langd...@cat.com Mehdi Salehi <ezzo...@googlemail.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 25/04/2010 07:52 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] synchronize a windows drive with a USB removable disk using TSM Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 25/05/2010 Hi, Before making a full backup of drive D:\ in a Windows XP client, I have copied all D:\* to a removable USB disk (300GB). Drive D:\ is changing everyday and sends the incremental backup to TSM. Can I sync D:\ with above USB disk using TSM restore? Initially, d:\ and USB disk have identical contents, I need to sync them occasionally. Thanks.