Use this syntax when defining
a path to a library.
Privilege class
To issue this command you
must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.
Syntax
>>-DEFine PATH--source_name--destination_name------------------->
(1)
>--SRCType--=--+-DATAMover-----+--+------------------------+---->
'-SERVer--------' '-AUTODetect--=--+-No--+-'
'-Yes-'
>--DESTType--=--LIBRary--+-DEVIce--=--device_name--------+------>
'-EXTERNALManager--=--path_name-'
.-ONLine--=--Yes-----.
>--+--------------------+--------------------------------------><
'-ONLine--=--+-Yes-+-'
'-No--'
Notes:
- DATAMOVER only applies to NAS devices.
Parameters
- source_name (Required)
- Specifies the name of source for the
path. This parameter is required.
- destination_name (Required)
- Specifies
the name of the destination. This parameter is required.
Attention: To define a path from a NAS data mover to a library,
the library must have LIBTYPE of SCSI, 349x, or ACSLS.
- SRCType (Required)
- Specifies the type of the source. This parameter is required.
Possible values are:
- DATAMover
- Specifies that a data mover is the source.
- SERVer
- Specifies
that a storage agent is the source.
- AUTODetect
- Specifies whether the serial number for a drive or library will
be automatically updated in the database at the time that the path
is defined. This parameter is optional. This parameter is only valid
for paths defined from the local server to a drive or a library. Possible
values are:
- No
- Specifies that the serial number will not be automatically updated.
The serial number is still compared with what is already in the database
for the device. The server issues a message if there is a mismatch.
- Yes
- Specifies
that the serial number will be automatically updated
to reflect the same serial number that the drive reports to Tivoli® Storage
Manager.
Important: - If you did not set the serial number when
you defined the drive
or the library, the server always tries to detect the serial number,
and AUTODETECT defaults to YES. If you have previously entered a serial
number, then AUTODETECT defaults to NO.
- The use of AUTODETECT=YES
in this command means that the serial
number set in the drive or library definition is updated with the
detected serial number.
- Depending on the capabilities of the
device, the AUTODETECT parameter
may not be supported.
- DESTType=LIBRary (Required)
- Specifies that a library
is the destination. This parameter is
required.
- DEVIce
- Specifies the name of the device as known to the source,
or FILE
if the device is a logical drive in a FILE library.
The source
uses the device name to access the library. See
Table 2 for examples.
Table 2. Examples of
device namesSource to destination |
Example |
Server to a library |
/dev/tsmscsi/lb4 |
NAS data mover to a library |
mc0 |
Important: - For 349X
libraries, the alias name is a symbolic name that is specified in
the /etc/ibmatl.conf file. For 349X libraries, the alias name is a symbolic
name that is specified in the c:\winnt\ibmatl.conf file. For more information, refer to the IBM Tape Device Drivers Installation and
User’s Guide.
The guide can be downloaded from the IBM® Systems support site at the following URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S7002972.
- For information about how to obtain
names for devices that are
connected to a NAS file server, consult the product information for
the file server. For example, for a NetApp file server, connect to
the file server using Telnet and issue the SYSCONFIG command. Use this command to determine device names for drives:
sysconfig -t
Use this command to determine the device
name for a library: sysconfig -m
- EXTERNALManager
- Specifies the location of the external library manager where Tivoli Storage
Manager can send
media access requests. Use single quotation marks around the value
of this parameter. For example, enter:
/usr/lpp/GESedt-acsls/bin/elmdt
/opt/GESedt-acsls/bin/elmdt
C:\Program Files\GES\EDT-ACSLS\bin\elmdt.exe
This parameter is required when the library name
is an external
library.
- ONLine
- Specifies whether the path is available for use. This parameter
is optional. The default is YES. Possible values are:
- Yes
- Specifies that the path
is available for use.
- No
- Specifies that the path is not available for use.
The source and the destination must both be available
to use the path.
Attention: If the path to a library
is offline, the server will not be able to access the library. If
the server is halted and restarted while the path to the library is
offline, the library will not be initialized.