Updating a Server Device Class

To update a device class, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task. Existing values are displayed.

Server Name

Enter the name of the server.

Mount Limit

Enter the maximum number of volumes that can be simultaneously open for input/output. The value must be a number from 1 to 256.

Mount Retention Period

Enter the amount of time, in minutes, to retain an idle sequential access volume before dismounting it. The value must be a number from 0 to 9999.

Maximum Capacity

Enter the maximum size that objects can be when created on the target server.

The value must be an integer followed by one of these units:

K Kilobyte
M Megabyte
G Gigabyte

Total Volume Prefix

Enter the high level qualifier of the file name that the server writes into the media labels. For each volume assigned to this device class, the server uses this prefix to create the data set name.

Retry Period

Enter the interval in minutes during which the server should attempt to contact a target server in the event that there is a suspected communications failure.

Retry Interval

Enter the interval in seconds that specifies how often the server tries to contact the target server within a given retry period.