For Tivoli® Storage Manager to use a device, you must attach the device to your server system and install the appropriate device driver.
About this task
Attached devices should be on their own host bus adapter (HBA) and should not share with other devices types (disk, CDROM, and so on). IBM® tape drives have some special requirements for HBAs and associated drivers.
Attaching a manual drive to your system
You can attach a manual drive to your system to store your data on tapes.- Attaching an automated library device to your system
You can attach and automated library device to your system to store your data on tapes. - Selecting a device driver
To use devices with Tivoli Storage Manager you must install the appropriate device driver. - Device special file names
A special file name for a device is required for the Tivoli Storage Manager server to work with tape, medium changer, or removable media devices. - Tivoli Storage Manager server device utilities
You can use device utilities for tasks related to configuring storage devices for the Tivoli Storage Manager server. - Installing and configuring device drivers
In order to use devices with Tivoli Storage Manager, you must install the correct device driver. - Installing the Centera SDK for Centera shared libraries
Beginning with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.5, Centera shared libraries are not installed with the server. In order to use Centera with Tivoli Storage Manager, the Centera SDK must be installed. You can download the Centera SDK libraries from the EMC website.