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Removable file support includes Iomega ZIP drives and JAZ drives, and CD-ROM drives.
Support for removable file devices allows portability of media between UNIX systems. It also allows this media to be used to transfer data between systems that support the media. Removable file support allows the server to read data from a FILE device class that is copied to removable file media through third-party software. The media is then usable as input media on a target Tivoli Storage Manager server that uses the REMOVABLEFILE device class for input.
Use a MAXCAPACITY value that is less than one CD-ROM's usable space to allow for a one-to-one match between files from the FILE device class and copies that are on CD-ROM. Use the DEFINE DEVCLASS or UPDATE DEVCLASS commands to set the MAXCAPACITY parameter of the FILE device class to a value less than 650MB.
Use these steps as an example of Tivoli Storage Manager REMOVABLEFILE (CD-ROM) support. This example takes an export object and moves it from one server to another.
Server A
define devclass file devtype=file directory=/home/user1
export node user1 filedata=all devclass=file vol=cdr03
You can use software for writing CD-ROMs to create a CD with volume label CDR03 that contains a single file that is also named CDR03.
Server B
mount -r -v cdrfs /dev/cd0 /cdrom
define library cdrom libtype=manual
define drive cdrom cddrive
define path serverb cddrive srctype=server desttype=drive library=cdrom device=/cdrom
For more information about paths, see Defining Paths.
define devclass cdrom devtype=removablefile library=cdrom
import node user1 filedata=all devclass=cdrom vol=cdr03
Tivoli Storage Manager does not provide utilities to format or label media for the REMOVABLEFILE device type. You must use another application to copy the FILE device class data from the CD-ROM as a file that has the same name as the volume label. The software used to copy the FILE device class data must also label the removable media.
The label on the media must meet the following restrictions: