Obtaining device information (Windows)
You can obtain tape-device and disk-device information from the system where the storage
agent is installed. You use the device information from the storage agent when you define paths for
the server that functions as the library manager.
Obtaining tape-device information
You can use the tsmdlst command to display the device names needed to define paths between the SAN devices, the storage agent, and the IBM Storage Protect server.
Verifying permissions for disk devices
Without appropriate permissions, the backup is not LAN-free. If your environment includes a FILE library and a UNIX-based IBM Storage Protect server, such as AIX or Oracle Solaris, the storage agent must have access to the volumes in the FILE library.
Setting permissions by using Samba
To set the permissions, you must configure Samba so that the user account that is starting the storage agent has root access.
Configuring tsmscsi.exe
When you are using non-IBM devices and running IBM Storage Protect on Windows, you can use the manufacture's driver or the IBM Storage Protect driver. If you are using the Tivoli Storage Manager driver, you must also manually update the controlling driver for each device that you want to control through the Device Manager.