IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

BACKUP DEVCONFIG (Create backup copies of device configuration information)

Use this command to back up information about device configuration for the server.

Attention: To restore a database, the server must use information from the volume history file and the device configuration file. You must make and save copies of the volume history file and the device configuration file. These files cannot be recreated.

This command backs up the following information in one or more files:

Device class definitions
Library definitions
Drive definitions
Path definitions when SRCTYPE=SERVER
Server definitions
Server name
Server password
Volume location information for LIBTYPE=SCSI libraries

AIX operating systems HP-UX operating systems Linux operating systems Sun Solaris operating systems You can use the DEVCONFIG server option to specify one or more files in which to store device configuration information. Tivoli® Storage Manager updates the files whenever a device class, library, or drive is defined, updated, or deleted.

Windows operating systems At installation, the server options file includes a DEVCONFIG option that specifies a device configuration file named devcnfg.out. Tivoli Storage Manager updates this file whenever a device class, library, or drive is defined, updated, or deleted.

To ensure updates are complete before the server is halted:

Do not halt the server for a few minutes after issuing the BACKUP DEVCONFIG command.
Specify multiple DEVCONFIG options in the server options file.
Examine the device configuration file to see if the file has been updated.

Privilege class

Any administrator can issue this command unless it includes the FILENAMES parameter. If the FILENAMES parameter is specified and the REQSYSAUTHOUTFILE server option is set to YES, the administrator must have system privilege. If the FILENAMES parameter is specified and the REQSYSAUTHOUTFILE server option is set to NO, the administrator must have operator, policy, storage or system privilege.

Syntax


>>-BAckup DEVCONFig--+--------------------------------+--------><
                     |               .-,------------. |   
                     |               V              | |   
                     '-Filenames--=------filename---+-'

Parameters

Filenames: Specifies the files in which to store device configuration information. You can specify multiple files by separating the names with commas and no intervening spaces. This parameter is optional.
If you do not specify a file name, Tivoli Storage Manager stores the information in all files specified with the DEVCONFIG option in the server options file.

Example: Backup device configuration information to a file

Back up device configuration information to a file named DEVICE.

backup devconfig filenames=device

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to BACKUP DEVCONFIG
Command	Description
CHECKIN LIBVOLUME	Checks a storage volume into an automated library.
CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME	Checks a storage volume out of an automated library.
DEFINE DEVCLASS	Defines a device class.
DEFINE DEVCLASS (z/OS® media server)	Defines a device class to use storage managed by a z/OS media server.
DEFINE DRIVE	Assigns a drive to a library.
DEFINE LIBRARY	Defines an automated or manual library.
DEFINE PATH	Defines a path from a source to a destination.
DEFINE SERVER	Defines a server for server-to-server communications.
LABEL LIBVOLUME	Labels volumes in manual or automated libraries.
QUERY LIBVOLUME	Displays information about a library volume.
SET SERVERNAME	Specifies the name by which the server is identified.
SET SERVERPASSWORD	Specifies the server password.
UPDATE DEVCLASS	Changes the attributes of a device class.
UPDATE DEVCLASS (z/OS media server)	Changes the attributes of a device class for storage managed by a z/OS media server.
UPDATE DRIVE	Changes the attributes of a drive.
UPDATE LIBRARY	Changes the attributes of a library.
UPDATE LIBVOLUME	Changes the status of a storage volume.
UPDATE PATH	Changes the attributes associated with a path.
UPDATE SERVER	Updates information about a server.

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