Tivoli Storage Manager Client Workstation

Storage Agent

device name: /dev/mt1

SAN

Tape Library Drive

Tivoli Storage Manager Server - TSMSRVER

define drive sanlib1 drive1

define path tsmsrver drive1 srctype=server destype=drive library=sanlib1 device=/dev/mt6

define path storagnt drive1 srctype=server destype=drive library=sanlib1 device=/dev/mt1

Figure 8. Device information

Tape Devices

Define paths on the server using the device names as seen by the storage agent on each client system.

Important: Be sure that the device names are what the storage agent sees on each client system.

Note: The DEFINE PATH command must be issued from the server designated as the library manager.

For example, you would issue the following:

define path storagnt drive1 srctype=server desttype=drive library=sanlib1 device=/dev/tsmscsi/mt1

See the Administrator’s Reference for your system platform for additional details on the DEFINE PATH command.

Depending on the operating system of the Tivoli Storage Manager server, there may not be a quick way to confirm which device names on the storage agent correspond to device names on the Tivoli Storage Manager server without using a trial and error method. To confirm device names, you should work with one online drive at a time, and cycle through the storage agent device names until a successful backup can be run. The server cannot validate PATH information that is provided on the server for use by the storage agent. Failures can occur if incorrect device information is provided in the DEFINE PATH command.

You can also specify the AUTODETECT=YES option when defining paths on the server. This allows the serial number for a drive or library to be automatically updated in the database when the path is defined. The updated serial number will be the same serial number that the drive reports to Tivoli Storage Manager. After a backup is completed in “Step 5.2 Verify the LAN-free Configuration” on page 29, you can issue the QUERY DRIVE command to obtain information that will help determine the device name from the storage agent.

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SC32-0129-00 specifications

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