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Chapter 3. Using Magnetic Disk Devices

Tivoli Storage Manager uses magnetic disk devices to do the following:

See the following sections:

Tasks:
Configuring Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices
Configuring FILE Sequential Volumes on Disk Devices
Varying Disk Volumes Online or Offline
Using Cache
Freeing Space on Disk
Specifying Scratch FILE Volumes
Using FILE Volumes for Database Backups and Export Operations

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using a Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface. For information about the commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative client.

Tivoli Storage Manager tasks can also be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.

Note:
Some of the tasks described in this chapter require an understanding of Tivoli Storage Manager storage objects. For an introduction to these storage objects, see The Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Objects.


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