Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Guide


Configuring Disk Devices

TSM stores data on magnetic disks in two ways:


Task Required Privilege Class
"Configuring Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices" System
"Configuring FILE Sequential Volumes on Disk Devices" System

Configuring Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices

As part of initial configuration, administrators configure the TSM database and recovery log on the hard disk of the TSM server machine. The initial configuration wizard provides a database volume wizard and a recovery log volume wizard to guide the administrator through these disk volume formatting tasks. See Quick Start for information about using these wizards.

To set up a random access volume on disk to store client backup, archive, or space-managed data, do the following:

  1. Double click the Server Utilities IconTSM Server Utilities icon on the desktop. The TSM Server Utilities window opens.
  2. Click Volume Formatting IconVolume Formatting in the TSM Server Utilities tree (left pane). The Volume Formatting tab appears in the right pane.
  3. Click Disk Volume in the right pane to select it.
  4. Click Start. The TSM Device Configuration Wizard appears.
  5. Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Note:For performance reasons, set up random access volumes on disk drives that reside on the TSM server machine, not on remotely mounted file systems.

Configuring FILE Sequential Volumes on Disk Devices

Another way to use magnetic disk storage is to use files as volumes that store data sequentially (as on tape volumes). FILE sequential volumes are often useful when transferring data for purposes such as electronic vaulting.

To configure files as volumes that store data sequentially, do the following:

  1. Double click the Server Utilities IconTSM Server Utilities icon on the desktop. The TSM Server Utilities window opens.
  2. Click Device Configuration IconDevice Configuration in the TSM Server Utilities tree (left pane). The Device Configuration tab appears in the right pane.
  3. Click Device Configuration in the right pane to select it.
  4. Click Start. The TSM Device Configuration Wizard appears.
  5. Navigate to the TSM Device Selection page and click the File Device... button. The Directory location for file volumes dialog appears.
  6. Enter or browse for the directory you want to allocate as a FILE volume. The volume size increases and decreases dynamically.
  7. Click OK. TSM configures the FILE volume.
  8. Click Next to complete the wizard.

The Device Configuration Wizard automatically creates a storage pool when the FILE volume is configured. Administrators must then do one of the following:


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