You can add devices by using the following steps:
See the device manufacturer's documentation for information about attaching the device.
See Planning for Devices.
Both the TSM device driver and the native Windows device driver can be used. You may need to specify which device driver acquires which devices. See Selecting the Appropriate Device Driver for Tivoli Storage Manager Devices.
The device configuration wizard automatically detects drives, and allows you to drag and drop them to configure.
You can link clients to devices by directing client data to a type of media. For example, accounting department data might be directed to 8mm tapes, and as a result TSM would select 8mm devices.
You can direct data to a specific media type through TSM policy. When you register client nodes, you specify the associated policy. See Chapter 11, Adding Client Nodes.
For configuring devices by using TSM commands, you must also define or update the TSM policy objects that will link clients to the pool of storage volumes and to the device.
For an introduction to the TSM policy objects, see How Tivoli Storage Manager Stores Client Data. For a description of the standard policy that is installed with TSM, see The Standard Policy.
Label tapes and optical disks before TSM can use them. For automated library devices, you must also add the media to the device's volume inventory by checking media into the library device. See Overview of Setting Up a Tape Rotation.