Defining Recovery Log Volumes

To define a new recovery log volume, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. All recovery log volumes must reside on random access media. 

Note for Sun Solaris server platform: Raw partitions generally provide the best performance.

Note for OS/400 PASE server platform: To achieve faster write speed to recovery log volumes on a Tivoli Storage Manager OS/400 PASE server, issue the following command from an OS/400 command prompt once after each volume is created:
CHGATR OBJ('/path/stgpoolfile') ATR(*MAINSTGOPT) VALUE(*MINIMIZE)
where path is the relative path to the recovery logl volume (stgpoolfile). If in your configuration you specified automatically-defined volumes and you want to take advantage of faster write speeds, you must identify those particular volumes and issue the command against each one.

Attention: The size of an allocated recovery log volume cannot be changed once it has been defined to the server. If you change the size of volumes, the server may not initialize correctly and data could be lost.

Volume Name

Enter the file name of the recovery log volume. This field is required. Enter the name with either the fully qualified path name or the name relative to the server's current working directory. 

Except on a Windows server, enclose the name in quotation marks if the name contains embedded blanks or equal signs.

Format Size

Enter the size of the volume to be formatted and defined. The numerical value specified is interpreted as megabytes. 

Note: Format Size does not apply to MVS or VM.

Wait

Specify whether to wait for the server to complete processing this command in the foreground. The default is No.
Yes The server processes this command in the foreground. 
No The server processes this command in the background. 

Note: Wait does not apply to MVS or VM.