File space name

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The file space name is one of the most important storage components. It can be the name of a file system, disk drive, or any other high-level qualifier that groups related data together.

IBM® Storage Protect uses the file space to identify the file system or disk drive on which the data are located. In this way, actions can be performed on all entities within a file space, such as querying all objects within a specified file space. Because the file space is such an important component of the IBM Storage Protect naming convention, you use special calls to register, update, query, and delete file spaces.

The server also has administrative commands to query the file spaces on any node in IBM Storage Protect storage, and delete them if necessary. All data stored by the application client must have a file space name associated with it. Select the name carefully to group similar data together in the system.

To avoid possible interference, an application client should select different file space names from those that a backup-archive client would use. The application client should publish its file space names so that end users can identify the objects for include-exclude statements, if necessary.

Note: On Windows platforms, a drive letter is associated with a file space. When you register or update a file space, you must supply the drive letter. Because the include-exclude list refers to the drive letter, you must keep track of each letter and its associated file space. In the sample program dapismp, the drive letter is set to "G" by default.

See Building and running the sample API application for more information on the sample programs.