Defining paths from the storage agent to drives

Paths allow a client, by using a storage agent, access to the library drives that are available to the Tivoli® Storage Manager server. Path-definition requirements depend on the type of device that you are using.

Before you begin

Remember: If your environment is using disk devices, verify that the storage agent has root authority access to the file system, configuration, and test-system access permissions.

Before you begin defining paths to your SAN drives, consider the following guidelines:

• If not already done, obtain the names of your tape or disk devices. If you are configuring tape devices, review the device names. The name of a tape device as known to the server will probably not match the name of the same tape device as known to the storage agent.
• You must define paths on the library manager for the storage agent to each drive that the storage agent will access. In addition, you must define a path for the library manager to each drive so that the storage agent can use the drive.