Tivoli® Storage Manager provides a set of specified removable-media device types, such as 8MM for 8 mm tape devices, or REMOVABLEFILE for Jaz or DVD-RAM drives.
The GENERICTAPE device type
is provided to support certain devices that are not supported by the Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
For more information about supported removable media device types, see Defining device classes and the Administrator's Reference.