For IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager to use a device, you must attach the device to your server system and install the appropriate device driver.
About this task
Attached devices must be on their own host bus adapter (HBA) and must not share with other devices types (disk, CDROM, and so on). IBM tape drives have some special requirements for HBAs and associated drivers.
Attaching a manual drive
Attaching manual drives to your system allows you to utilize storage.- Attaching an automated library device
You can attach an automated library device to your system to store your data on tapes. - Device alias names
The server uses alias names to identify tape devices to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager device driver. - Displaying information about devices with tsmdlst
Use the tsmdlst utility to view device names and other information about medium-changer, and tape devices on the system. - Selecting a device driver
To use a tape device, you must install the appropriate device driver. - Installing the Centera SDK for Centera shared libraries
Beginning with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.5, Centera shared libraries are not installed with the server. To use Centera with Tivoli Storage Manager, the Centera SDK must be installed.