Use this command to define the media needed to recover a machine.
The same media can be associated with multiple machines. To display the information,
use the QUERY MACHINE command. This information will be
included in the plan file to help you to recover the client machines.
Privilege class
To issue this command, you must
have system privilege.
Syntax
>>-DEFine RECOVERYMedia--media_name----------------------------->
>--+---------------------------------+-------------------------->
| .-,-----------. |
| V | |
'-VOLumenames--=----volume_name-+-'
>--+-----------------------------+--+-----------------------+--->
'-DESCription--=--description-' '-LOcation--=--location-'
.-Type--=--OTher-----.
>--+--------------------+--+--------------------------+--------->
'-Type--=--+-OTher-+-' '-PROduct--=--product_name-'
'-BOot--'
>--+-------------------------------------+---------------------><
'-PRODUCTInfo--=--product_information-'
Parameters
- media_name (Required)
- Specifies the name of the recovery media to be defined. The name can be
up to 30 characters.
- VOLumenames
- Specifies the names of volumes that contain the recoverable data (for
example, operating system image copies). This parameter is required if you
specify a media type of BOOT. Specify boot media volume names in the order
in which they are to be inserted into the machine at recovery time. The maximum
length of the volume names list is 255 characters. Enclose the list in quotation
marks if it contains any blank characters.
- DESCription
- Specifies the description of the recovery media. This parameter is optional.
The maximum length is 255 characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks
if it contains any blank characters.
- LOcation
- Specifies the location of the recovery media. This parameter is optional.
The maximum length is 255 characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks
if it contains any blank characters.
- Type
- Specifies the type of recovery media. This parameter is optional. The
default is OTHER.
- BOot
- Specifies that this is boot media. You must specify volume names if the
type is BOOT.
- OTher
- Specifies that this is not boot media. For example, a CD that contains
operating system manuals.
- PROduct
- Specifies the name of the product that wrote to this media. This parameter
is optional. The maximum length is 16 characters. Enclose the text in quotation
marks if it contains any blank characters.
- PRODUCTInfo
- Specifies information about the product that wrote to the media. This
would be information that you may need to restore the machine. This parameter
is optional. The maximum length is 255 characters. Enclose the text in quotation
marks if it contains any blank characters.
Example: Define the media needed to recover a machine
Define
the recovery media named DIST5RM. Include a description and the
location.
define recoverymedia dist5rm
description="district 5 base system image"
location="district 1 vault"