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.
At installation, the server options file includes a DEVCONFIG option that specifies a device configuration file named devcnfg.out. TSM updates this file whenever a device class, library, or drive is defined, updated, or deleted.
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 19. Commands Related to BACKUP DEFCONFIG
Command | Description |
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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. |