Importing Administrator

To import administrator and authority definitions for one or more administrators from export media to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Administrator Name

Select an administrator name. Use the wildcard character (*) to import information for all the administrators in the list. The default is *.

Preview

Select an option. This parameter is optional.

Yes You want to preview the results of the import operation, without actually importing the administrator information. Information on the number and types of objects imported, together with the number of bytes transferred are reported to the server console and the activity log.
No The information is to be imported. The default is No.

Device Class

Enter the device class from which import data is to be read. This parameter is required. You cannot specify the DISK or NAS device class. If the mount limit for the device class specified has already been reached (all drives are busy) when the import runs, Tivoli Storage Manager automatically cancels lower priority operations, such as reclamation, to make a mount point available for the import.

Volume Names

Enter the volume names that are to be used for the import operation. Volumes must be imported in the same order as they were exported. This parameter is required. Possible values are:

volname The name of one or more volumes that contain the data to import. You can specify more than one volume by separating each volume with a comma, with no intervening spaces.

Example: To use volumes TAPE01, TAPE02, TAPE03, specify the following: TAPE01,TAPE02,TAPE03

FILE: filename The name of a file that contains a list of volumes that has the data for the import operation. Each volume name must be on a separate line within the file. Blank lines and comment lines beginning with an asterisk are ignored.

Example: To use TAPE01, TAPE02, and TAPE03, create a file named TAPEVOL that contains these lines:

TAPE01
TAPE02
TAPE03

You can then enter FILE:tapevol in the Volume Names entry field.

Use the following naming conventions when specifying volumes for each device type:

File Specify any fully qualified name string for your platform, for example:
AIX /imdata/mt1
HP-UX /imdata/mt1
Linux /dev/mt1
MVS im.data.mt1
PASE /exdata/mt1
Sun Solaris /imdata/mt1
Windows d:\win32app\ibm\adsm\server\data1.dsm
VM im.data
Optical Specify 1-32 alphanumeric characters.
This field does not apply to Linux or OS/400 for PASE.
Removable file Specify 1-6 alphanumeric characters.
This field does not apply to OS/400 for PASE.
Server Specify 1-250 alphanumeric characters.
Tape Specify 1-6 alphanumeric characters.

Replace Definitions

Select whether definitions that exist on the server should be replaced by imported objects having the same name.

Yes Specifies that objects are to be replaced by the imported objects.
No Specifies that objects are not to be replaced by imported objects. The default is No