Tivoli Storage Manager server scripts

Tivoli® Storage Manager provides for automation of common administrative tasks with server scripts that are stored in the database.

Tivoli Storage Manager provides sample scripts in:

• scripts.smp

The sample scripts have an example order of execution for scheduling administrative commands. If one of the specified commands in the script does not process successfully, the remaining commands are not processed. For more information, see Using SELECT commands in Tivoli Storage Manager scripts.

The administrator can schedule the script for processing using the administrative command scheduler on the server.

Tivoli Storage Manager scripts can include the following:

• Command parameter substitution.
• SQL SELECT statements that you specify when the script is processed.
• Command execution control, such as PARALLEL and SERIAL processing options.
• Conditional logic flow statements. These logic flow statements include:
  • The IF clause; this clause determines how processing should proceed based on the current return code value.
  • The EXIT statement; this statement ends script processing.
  • The GOTO and LABEL statement; this statement directs logic flow to continue processing with the line that starts with the label specified.
  • Comment lines.