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Configuring Disk Devices

Tivoli Storage Manager stores data on magnetic disks in two ways:


Task Required Privilege Class
Configuring Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices

Configuring FILE Sequential Volumes on Disk Devices

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Configuring Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices

Tivoli Storage Manager provides a defined DISK device class that is used with all disk devices.

As part of initial configuration, administrators configure the TSM database and recovery log on the hard disk of the TSM server machine. The initial configuration wizard provides a database volume wizard and a recovery log volume wizard to guide the administrator through these disk volume formatting tasks. See Quick Start for information about using these wizards.

To set up a random access volume on disk to store client backup, archive, or space-managed data, do the following:

  1. From the TSM Console, expand the tree for the server instance you are configuring.
  2. Click Wizards, then double-click Disk Volume in the right pane.
  3. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Note:
For performance reasons, set up random access volumes on disk drives that reside on the TSM server machine, not on remotely mounted file systems.

Configuring FILE Sequential Volumes on Disk Devices

Another way to use magnetic disk storage is to use files as volumes that store data sequentially (as on tape volumes). You can use FILE sequential volumes to transfer data for purposes such as electronic vaulting. For example, you can send the results of an export operation or a database backup operation to another location. At the receiving site, the files can be placed on tape or disk. You can define a device class with a device type of FILE.

To configure files as volumes that store data sequentially, do the following:

  1. From the TSM Console, expand the tree for the server instance you are configuring.
  2. Click Wizards, then double-click Device Configuration in the right pane.
  3. Navigate to the TSM Device Selection page and click New. The Properties dialog appears.
  4. Select File Device from the drop down list.
  5. Enter or browse for the directory you want to allocate as a FILE volume.
  6. Click OK. TSM configures the FILE volume.
  7. Click Next to complete the wizard.

The Device Configuration Wizard automatically creates a storage pool when the FILE volume is configured. Administrators must then do one of the following:


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