DEVICE_CLASS GPFS parameters

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The parameters that are defined in the device class section of the IBM® Storage Protect Snapshot profile file, configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for use with a General Parallel File System (GPFS™). In addition to device classes for storage systems, a device can also be a General Parallel File System.

COPYSERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE

This parameter is required.

GPFS: Specify the GPFS option, when the database is a Custom Application database on a GPFS file system.

Default: Not available.

Advanced mode only: No

NUMBER_GPFS_CONCURRENT_TASKS

This parameter specifies the number of concurrent threads to use during a GPFS operation, for example during a tape backup operation. Use this parameter only when the COPYSERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE has GPFS as the assigned device value.

The following example shows a typical GPFS device class section from a profile file where the number of GPFS concurrent tasks is set to 10.

>>> DEVICE_CLASS STANDARD
COPY_SERVICES_HARDWARE_TYPE GPFS
NUMBER_OF_GPFS_CONCURRENT_TASKS 10

<<<

Default: 3

Advanced mode only: No