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Administrator's Guide


Server Storage Options

Tivoli Storage Manager provides a number of options that you can specify in the server options file (dsmserv.opt) to configure certain server storage operations. The following table provides brief descriptions of these options. See the Administrator's Reference for details.

Table 10. Server Storage Options

Option Description
3494SHARED Enables sharing of an IBM 3494 library with other Tivoli Storage Manager servers or other applications.
ACSACCESSID Specifies the ID for the Automatic Cartridge System (ACS) access control.
ACSLOCKDRIVE Allows the drives within ACSLS libraries to be locked.
ACSQUICKINIT Allows a quick or full initialization of the ACSLS library.
ACSTIMEOUTX Specifies the multiple for the built-in timeout value for ACSLS API.
ASSISTVCRRECOVERY Specifies whether the server assists an IBM 3570 or 3590 drive in recovering from a lost or corrupted Vital Cartridge Records (VCR) condition.
DRIVEACQUIRERETRY Specifies how many times the server retries the acquisition of a drive in a library when there are no drives available after acquiring a mount point.
ENABLE3590LIBRARY Enables support for IBM 3590 tape drives in an IBM 349x automated library.
RESOURCETIMEOUT Specifies how long the server waits for a resource before canceling the pending acquisition of a resource.
SEARCHMPQUEUE Specifies the order in which the server satisfies requests in the mount queue.


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