To prepare the system for automatic and manual database
backups, you must specify the device class to be used.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have defined a tape or file device class.
For details, see DEFINE DEVCLASS, or search for defining a device class.About this task
To set up your system for database backups, issue the
SET
DBRECOVERY command to specify a device class to be used
for the backups. You can also change the device class to be used for
database backups with the
SET DBRECOVERY command.
Perform
the following setup procedure:
Procedure
- If you did not use the configuration wizard (dsmicfgx)
to configure the server, ensure that you have completed the steps
to manually configure the system for database backups.
- Select the device class to be used for backups of the database. Issue the following command from a IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager administrative
command line.
set dbrecovery device_class_name
The
device class that you specify is used by the database manager for
database backups. If you do not specify a device class with the SET
DBRECOVERY command, the backup fails.
Example
For example, to specify that the
DBBACK device
class is to be used, issue this command:
set dbrecovery dbback