Defining paths for disk devices (Windows)

You must define paths on the IBM Storage Protect server by using the disk device names as seen by the storage agent on each client system.

Example

For example, suppose the directory d:\tsmdata\server1 is available on SAN hardware. On the storage agent, the directory is accessed through SAN as d:\tsmdata\server1\fs1, and d:\tsmdata\server1\fs2.

Two directories are defined on the server. One directory definition includes a directory name as known to the storage agent. The other directory definition includes the device name as known to the server. — Figure 1. Device information

Issue the DEFINE PATH command to create the path for this scenario.

In the following example, disklib1 represents the destination file drive in the disk library named disklib:

def path storagnt disklib1 srctype=server desttype=drive library=disklib 
device=file directory="d:\tsmdata\server1\fs1,d:\tsmdata\server1\fs2"

Note: Make each directory correspond to a file system on a separate physical drive. The server cannot validate PATH information that is provided on the server for use by the storage agent. Failures can occur if incorrect device information is provided in the DEFINE PATH command.

If you specify multiple directories for the device class that is associated with the FILE library, you must specify the same number of directories for each path to the FILE library. To keep the device class and path synchronized, do not change or move existing directories on the server that the storage agent is using. Adding directories is permitted. Specifying a mismatched number of directories can cause a runtime failure.