UPDATE MACHINE (Update machine information)

Use this command to update machine information. 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


>>-UPDate MACHine--machine_name--------------------------------->

>--+-----------------------------+--+-----------------------+--->
   '-DESCription--=--description-'  '-BUilding--=--building-'   

>--+-----------------+--+---------------+----------------------->
   '-FLoor--=--floor-'  '-ROom--=--room-'   

>--+---------------------+--+------------------------+---------><
   '-PRIority--=--number-'  '-ADSMServer--=--+-Yes-+-'   
                                             '-No--'

Parameters

machine_name (Required)

Specifies the name of the machine to be updated.

DESCription

Specifies a description of the machine. This parameter is optional. The text can be up to 255 characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains any blank characters. To remove existing text, specify a null string ("").

BUilding

Specifies the name or number of the building that this machine is 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. To remove existing text, specify a null string ("").

FLoor

Specifies the name or number of the floor that this machine is on. This parameter is optional. The text can be up to16 characters. Enclose the text in quotation marks if it contains any blank characters. To remove existing text, specify a null string ("").

ROom

Specifies the name or number of the room that this machine is 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. To remove existing text, specify a null string ("").

PRIority

Specifies the restore priority for the machine as an integer from 1 to 99. The highest priority is 1. This parameter is optional. Tivoli® Storage Manager uses this value to prioritize client machine recovery.

ADSMServer

Specifies whether the machine contains a Tivoli Storage Manager server. This parameter is optional. Possible values are:

No: This machine does not contain a Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Yes: This machine contains a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Only one machine can be defined as containing a Tivoli Storage Manager server.

Example: Update information for a specific machine

Update the DISTRICT5 machine information to reflect that it contains the server.

update machine district5 adsmserver=yes

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to UPDATE MACHINE
Command	Description
DEFINE MACHINE	Defines a machine for DRM.
DELETE MACHINE	Deletes a machine.
INSERT MACHINE	Inserts machine characteristics or recovery instructions into the Tivoli Storage Manager database.
QUERY MACHINE	Displays information about machines.