![]() |
![]() |
Use this command to back up the following information in one or more files:
To restore the TSM database, device configuration information must be available.
You can use the DEVCONFIG server option to specify one or more files in which to store device configuration information. TSM updates the files whenever a device class, library, or drive is defined, updated, or deleted.
In order to ensure updates are complete before the server is halted, we recommend you:
Privilege Class
To issue this command, you must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.
Syntax
>>-BAckup DEVCONFig--+-----------------------------+----------->< | .-,------------. | | V | | '-Filenames=-----filename---+-'
Parameters
If you do not specify a file name, TSM stores the information in all files specified with the DEVCONFIG option in the server options file.
Examples
Task
Back up device configuration information to a file named DEVICE.
Related Commands
Table 18. Commands Related to BACKUP DEFCONFIG
Command | Description |
---|---|
DEFINE DEVCLASS | Defines a device class. |
DEFINE DRIVE | Assigns a drive to a library. |
DEFINE LIBRARY | Defines an automated or manual library. |
UPDATE DEVCLASS | Changes the attributes of a device class. |
UPDATE DRIVE | Changes the attributes of a drive. |
UPDATE LIBRARY | Changes the attributes of a library. |