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Managed System for SAN Storage Agent User's Guide


Obtaining Tape Device Information on the Client System

To complete the setup of the storage agent, you must obtain the device names from the client system. You can get device information on the client system by using the tsmscsi command. Ensure that the TSM device driver, ADSMSCSI, is running when you issue the command. For example, issue the following command:

tsmdlst

Results appear in the following format:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Computer Name:      DATAOWNER                                                   |
|TSM Device Driver:  Running                                                     |
|                                                                                |
|TSM Device Name  ID   LUN  Bus  Port   TSM Device Type  Device Identifier       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|mt8.2.0.1        8    0    0    1      3570             IBM     03570B12        |
|lb8.3.0.1        8    1    0    1      LIBRARY          IBM     03570B12        |
|mt8.4.0.1        9    0    0    1      3570             IBM     03570B12        |
|f:\              0    0    0    0      REMOVABLEFILE     n/a                    |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

For purposes of issuing the define and update path commands on the server, you need the names under the heading TSM Device Name.

Note:
If the TSM device driver is not running, the command gives results that may be incorrect.
Note:
If you have not added the storage agent path to the search path, you must first change to the directory where the storage agent program resides. By default, the path is c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\storageagent.

With no parameters, the command displays a summary of device information for the local computer. The complete syntax of the command is:

>>-tsmdlst--+-----------------------------+--+------------------------+-><
            '-/computer--=--computer_name-'  +-+----------+--+------+-+
                                             | '-/details-'  '-/all-' |
                                             '-/?---------------------'
 
 

The parameters are:

/computer=computer_name
Specifies the name of the computer for which devices will be listed. The default is the local machine.

/details
Display details on devices in the list. By default, a summary is shown.

/all
Display information on all types of devices. By default, only tape drives and tape libraries are included in the results.

/?
Display information about the command and its parameters.


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