Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide


Chapter 6. Managing Removable Media Operations

Tapes and optical disks represent the most common removable media used by TSM. The media are associated with devices and with TSM policy. When you add devices using the Device Configuration Wizard, the wizard automatically defines the media for the devices. If you use TSM commands, you must define the media. After you have configured the devices, prepare media by labeling them, and, for automated libraries, checking them into the libraries. You should also set up media rotations that implement your data retention and media reuse goals. See Overview of Setting Up a Tape Rotation.

You can monitor media operations and respond to device and media requests using the server console. See Starting the Administrative Client as a Server Console Monitor. For automated library devices, TSM interacts with the device to mount volumes but sends messages when the device needs operator attention. For manual libraries, TSM sends mount requests and messages to an operator.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Concepts:
"Overview of Volumes"
"Overview of Media Management and TSM Policy"
"Overview of Setting Up a Tape Rotation"
Tasks:
Automated Devices:
"Preparing Media for Automated Library Devices"
"Managing Media in Automated Library Devices"
"Reusing Media"
Manual Devices:
"Preparing Media for Manual Library Devices"
"Managing Media in Manual Library Devices"
"Reusing Media"
All Devices:
"Managing TSM Requests"
"Setting Up a Tape Rotation"
"Using Removable Media Managers With Tivoli Storage Manager"

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

All of the TSM commands can be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.


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