The device configuration file for the storage agent

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The device configuration file for the storage agent includes information about the storage agent and the IBM Storage Protect server with which the storage agent communicates.

The file is typically named devconfig and is located with the storage agent program:

  • AIX operating systems/usr/tivoli/tsm/StorageAgent/bin
  • Linux operating systems/opt/tivoli/tsm/StorageAgent/bin
  • Windows operating systemsc:\program files\tivoli\tsm\StorageAgent

The DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER command normally generates the contents of the file, and you can also use the command to add information to the file.

Typical contents of the device configuration file are as follows:

set staname storagnt
set stapassword fun4me
set stakeydbpw password
set stahladdress agent.example.com
define server tsmsrver serverpassword=not4u
  hladdress=tsmsrver.example.com lladdress=1502

In this example, storagnt is the name of the storage agent and tsmsrver is the name of the IBM Storage Protect server.

Properties

SET STANAME
Sets the name of the storage agent. The name must be the same as the name that was used to define the storage agent as a server to the IBM Storage Protect server.
SET STAPASSWORD
Sets the password of the storage agent. The password must be the same as the password that was used when you define the storage agent as a server to the IBM Storage Protect server. The password is encrypted.
SET STAKEYDBPW
Sets the password that is used to verify and control access to the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) database. The password is obfuscated and stored in the storage agent options file.
SET STAHLADDRESS
Sets the TCP/IP address of the storage agent.
DEFINE SERVER
Define the IBM Storage Protect server with which the storage agent communicates.