Use this command to display information for one or more machines.
You can use this information to recover Tivoli® Storage
Manager client
machines in case of a disaster.
Attention: Tivoli Storage
Manager does
not use the information in any way. It is available only to help you plan
for the disaster recovery of client machines.
Tivoli Storage
Manager displays
information for multiple machines in the following order:
- According to the priority specified.
- Within a priority, according to the specified location and machine name.
Privilege class
Any administrator can issue this
command.
Syntax
.-*------------.
>>-Query MACHine--+--------------+--+-----------------------+--->
'-machine_name-' '-BUilding--=--building-'
>--+-----------------+--+---------------+----------------------->
'-FLoor--=--floor-' '-ROom--=--room-'
>--+-----------------------+--+------------------------+-------->
'-PRIority--=--priority-' '-ADSMServer--=--+-Yes-+-'
'-No--'
.-Format--=--Standard-----------------.
>--+-------------------------------------+---------------------><
'-Format--=--+-Standard-------------+-'
+-Detailed-------------+
+-RECOVERYInstructions-+
'-CHaracteristics------'
Parameters
- machine_name
- Specifies the name of one or more machines to be queried. You can use
wildcard characters to specify this name. This parameter is optional. The
default is all machines that meet the specified criteria.
- BUilding
- Specifies the name or number of the building that the machines are in.
This parameter is optional. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains
any blank characters.
- FLoor
- Specifies the name or number of the floor that the machines are on. This
parameter is optional. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains
any blank characters.
- ROom
- Specifies the name or number of the room that the machines are in. This
parameter is optional. The text can be up to 16 characters. Enclose the text
in quotation marks if it contains any blank characters.
- PRIority
- Specifies the priority number of the machines. This parameter is optional.
- ADSMServer
- Specifies if the machine contains a Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
This parameter is optional. The default is to display any machines that meet
the other criteria. Possible values are:
- Yes
- The machine contains a Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
- No
- The machines do not contain a Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
- Format
- Specifies how the information is displayed. This parameter is optional.
The default value is STANDARD. Possible values are:
- Standard
- Tivoli Storage
Manager displays
partial information for the machines.
- Detailed
- Tivoli Storage
Manager displays
all information for the machines.
- RECOVERYInstructions
- Tivoli Storage
Manager displays
only machine recovery instructions. This option is valid only when querying
a specific machine.
- CHaracteristics
- Tivoli Storage
Manager displays
only machine characteristics. This option is valid only when querying a specific
machine.
Example: Display information for a specific machine
Display
information for a machine named MACH1. See
Field descriptions for
field descriptions.
query machine MACH1
Machine Machine Building Floor Room Node Name Recovery
Name Priority Media Name
------- -------- -------- ----- ----- --------- ----------
MACH1 1 21 2 2929 VIRGINIA RECMED1
Example: Display detailed information for priority 1 machines
Display
detailed information for all priority 1 machines on the second floor of building
21. See
Field descriptions for field
descriptions.
query machine * building=21 floor=2 priority=1
format=detailed
Machine Name: MACH1
Machine Priority: 1
Building: 21
Floor: 2
Room: 2929
Server?: Yes
Description: TSM server machine
Node Name: VIRGINIA
Recovery Media Name: RECMED1
Characteristics?: Yes
Recovery Instructions?: Yes
Field descriptions
- Machine Name
- The name of the machine.
- Machine Priority
- The recovery priority of the machine.
- Building
- The building in which the machine is located.
- Floor
- The floor on which the machine is located.
- Room
- The room in which the machine is located.
- Server?
- Whether the machine contains a Tivoli Storage
Manager server.
- Description
- A description of the machine.
- Node Name
- The Tivoli Storage
Manager client
nodes associated with this machine.
- Recovery Media Name
- The recovery media associated with this machine.
- Characteristics?
- Whether the characteristics text of the machine is stored in the database.
- Recovery Instructions?
- Specifies whether recovery instructions text for a machine is stored in
the Tivoli Storage
Manager database.