Administrator's Reference
Use this command to define the media needed to recover a machine.
The same media can be associated with multiple machines. To display the
information, use the QUERY MACHINE command.
Note: | TSM does not use the information in any way. It is available only to
help you plan for the disaster recovery of client machines.
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Privilege Class
To issue this command, you must have system privilege.
Syntax
>>-DEFine RECOVERYMedia---media_name---------------------------->
>-----+-------------------------------------+------------------->
| .-,--------------. |
| V | |
'-VOLumenames--=-----volume_name---+--'
>-----+------------------------------+-------------------------->
'-DESCription--=--description--'
.-Type--=--OTher-----.
>-----+------------------------+---+--------------------+------->
'-LOcation--=--location--' '-Type--=--+-OTher-+-'
'-BOot--'
>-----+---------------------------+----------------------------->
'-PROduct--=--product_name--'
>-----+--------------------------------------+-----------------><
'-PRODUCTInfo--=--product_information--'
Parameters
- media_name (Required)
- Specifies the name of the recovery media to be defined. The name
can be up to 30 characters.
- VOLumenames
- Specifies the names of volumes that contain the recoverable data (for
example, operating system image copies). This parameter is required if
you specify a media type of BOOT. Specify boot media volume names in
the order in which they are to be inserted into the machine at recovery
time. The maximum length of the volume names list is 255
characters. Enclose the list in quotation marks if it contains any
blank characters.
- DESCription
- Specifies the description of the recovery media. This parameter is
optional. The maximum length is 255 characters. Enclose the text
in quotation marks if it contains any blank characters.
- LOcation
- Specifies the location of the recovery media. This parameter is
optional. The maximum length is 255 characters. Enclose the text
in quotation marks if it contains any blank characters.
- Type
- Specifies the type of recovery media. This parameter is
optional. The default is OTHER.
- BOot
- Specifies that this is boot media. You must specify volume names if
the type is BOOT.
- OTher
- Specifies that this is not boot media. For example, a CD-ROM that
contains operating system manuals.
- PROduct
- Specifies the name of the product that wrote to this media. This
parameter is optional. The maximum length is 16 characters.
Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains any blank
characters.
- PRODUCTInfo
- Specifies information about the product that wrote to the media.
This would be information that you may need to restore the machine.
This parameter is optional. The maximum length is 255
characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains any
blank characters.
Examples
Task
Define the recovery media named DIST5RM. Include a description and
the location.
- Command:
- define recoverymedia dist5rm description="district 5 base system
image" location="district 1 vault"
Related Commands
Table 73. Commands Related to DEFINE RECOVERYMEDIA
Command
| Description
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DEFINE RECMEDMACHASSOCIATION
| Associates recovery media with a machine.
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DELETE RECOVERYMEDIA
| Deletes existing recovery media.
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QUERY RECOVERYMEDIA
| Displays media available for machine recovery.
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UPDATE RECOVERYMEDIA
| Changes the attributes of existing recovery media.
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