Importing Policy Domains

To import policy information for one or more policy domains from export media to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Note:  Tivoli Storage Manager servers with retention protection enabled do not allow import operations. See the Administrator's Guide for more information.

Policy Domain Name

Select a policy domain name.

Preview

Specify whether you want to preview the results of the import operation, without actually importing information.

Yes Preview the results of the import operation, without actually importing policy information.
No Policy information is to be imported without giving you a preview of the results. The default is No.

Device Class

Select a device class. Import data will be read from this device. This parameter is required. You cannot specify the DISK or NAS device class.

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.

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 objects (such as domains, policy sets) 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.