IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition, Version 7.1

INSERT MACHINE (Insert machine characteristics information or recovery instructions)

Use this command to add client machine characteristics or recovery instructions to existing machine information in the database.

You can write a program to read files containing the information and generate the appropriate INSERT MACHINE commands. See the Administrator's Guide for details.

You can use QUERY commands to retrieve the information if a disaster occurs.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax


>>-INsert MAchine--machine_name--sequence_number---------------->

>--+-CHaracteristics--=--text------+---------------------------><
   '-RECOVERYInstructions--=--text-'

Parameters

machine_name (Required): Specifies the name of the client machine.
sequence_number (Required): Specifies the sequence number for the line of text in the database.
CHaracteristics: Specifies machine characteristics information. You must specify the characteristics or recovery instructions, but not both. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains blank characters. The text can be up to 1024 characters.
RECOVERYInstructions: Specifies recovery instructions. You must specify the characteristics or recovery instructions, but not both. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains blank characters. The text can be up to 1024 characters.

Example: Update a machine's information

For the machine DISTRICT5, insert this characteristics text on line 1: "Machine owner is Mary Smith".

insert machine district5 1 
characteristics="Machine owner is Mary Smith"

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to INSERT MACHINE
Command	Description
DEFINE MACHINE	Defines a machine for DRM.
DELETE MACHINE	Deletes a machine.
QUERY MACHINE	Displays information about machines.

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