Viewing system information for IBM® IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Windows

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You can view and edit scripts that provide information about system components such as Windows-related services for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, Windows event log entries, and Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) information.

About this task

The System Information view is extensible. You can take advantage of this flexibility to add and share customize scripts.

Procedure
  1. Open the System Information view as follows:
    1. Click Diagnostics in the results pane of the welcome page.
    2. Double-click System Information in the results pane.
      A list of scripts is displayed in the results pane of the System Information view. The types of scripts that are displayed are PowerShell scripts, Windows Management Instrumentation scripts, and IBM Storage Protect scripts.
  2. Add, update, or delete your scripts, as follows:
    ActionSteps
    Add your own scripts
    1. Click New in the Actions pane.
    2. If you want to copy your scripts directly to the ProgramFiles\Tivoli\FlashCopyManager\Scripts directory, make sure that your scripts follow these extension requirements:
      • PowerShell scripts: filename.ps1
      • Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) scripts: filename.wmi
      • IBM Storage Protect scripts: filename.tsm

      IBM Storage Protect Snapshot uses the file type extension to determine how to run the script.

    View or edit an existing script
    1. From the list of script files in the results pane, select the name of a script that you want to view or edit.
      Tip: The name of the script is displayed in the Actions pane. Click the name of the script in the Actions pane to reveal or hide a list of actions to process.
    2. To open the script file for viewing or editing, click Command Editor in the Actions pane.
    3. View or edit the script.
    4. Click OK to save your changes, or click Cancel to exit the System Information Command Editor without saving any changes.
    Delete a script
    1. From the list of script files in the results pane, select the name of a script that you want to delete.
      Tip: The name of the script is displayed in the Actions pane. Click the name of the script in the Actions pane to reveal or hide a list of actions to process.
    2. Click Delete in the Actions pane.