IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Obtaining information about device classes

You can choose to view a standard or detailed report for a device class.

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Task	Required Privilege Class
Request information about device classes	Any administrator

To display a standard report on device classes, enter:

query devclass

Figure 1 provides an example of command output.

Figure 1. Example of a standard device class report

 Device       Device        Storage    Device     Format     Est/Max    Mount
 Class        Access           Pool    Type                 Capacity    Limit
 Name         Strategy        Count                             (MB)
 ---------    ----------    -------    -------    ------    --------    -----
 DISK         Random              9
 TAPE8MM      Sequential          1    8MM        8200                      2
 FILE         Sequential          1    FILE       DRIVE      5,000.0        1
 GEN1         Sequential          2    LTO        ULTRIUM              DRIVES

To display a detailed report on the GEN1 device class, enter:

query devclass gen1 format=detailed

Figure 2 provides an example of command output.

Figure 2. Example of a detailed device class report

             Device Class Name: GEN1
        Device Access Strategy: Sequential
            Storage Pool Count: 2
                   Device Type: LTO
                        Format: ULTRIUM
         Est/Max Capacity (MB): 
                   Mount Limit: DRIVES
              Mount Wait (min): 60
         Mount Retention (min): 60
                  Label Prefix: ADSM
                  Drive Letter:
                       Library: GEN2LIB
                     Directory: 
                   Server Name: 
                  Retry Period: 
                Retry Interval: 
                      TwoSided:
                        Shared: 
            High-level Address:
              Minimum Capacity:
                          WORM:
               Scaled Capacity:
Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN
         Last Update Date/Time: 01/23/03 12:25:31

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