Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide
A device class represents a device type that can be used by TSM. TSM
uses the device class to determine which device and storage volume type to use
to:
- Store backup, archive, or space-managed data (primary storage pools)
- Store copies of primary storage pool data (copy storage pools)
- Store database backups
- Export or import TSM data
One device class can be associated with multiple storage pools. Each
storage pool is associated with only one device class.
Each device class is characterized by its device type, which
indicates the type of storage volumes that are used to store data.
For random access storage, TSM supports only the DISK device class.
The DISK device class is predefined by TSM. However, you can define
many storage pools associated with the DISK device class.
For sequential access storage, TSM supports the following device
types:
Device Type
| Media Type
| Device Examples
|
3570
| IBM 3570 cartridges
| -
|
3590
| IBM 3590 cartridges
| -
|
4MM
| 4mm cartridges
| IBM 7206-005
|
8MM
| Tape drives that use 8mm cartridges
| IBM 7208-001 and 7208-011
|
DLT
| Digital linear tape (DLT) cartridges
| -
|
DTF
| Digital tape format (DTF) cartridges
| -
|
ECARTRIDGE
| StorageTek cartridge tape drives
| STK SD-3 and 9490
|
FILE
| File system or storage volumes
| Server
|
GENERICTAPE
| Tapes compatible with Windows devices
| Tape drives supported by a Windows tape device driver.
|
LTO
| LTO Ultrium cartridges
| IBM 3580, 3581, 3583, 3584
|
OPTICAL
| 5.25-inch rewritable optical cartridges
| 5.25-inch optical drives
|
QIC
| Quarter-inch tape cartridges
| IBM 7207
|
REMOVABLEFILE
| Iomega Zip or Jaz drives, or CDROM media
| Removable media devices that are attached as local, removable file
systems
|
SERVER
| Storage volumes or files archived in another TSM server
| TSM target server
|
WORM
| 5.25-inch write-once read-many (WORM) optical cartridges
| 5.25-inch optical drives
|
See the following sections:
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.
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