DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a CLOUD device class)

Use the CLOUD device class to back up IBM Spectrum® Protect server databases to the cloud. Storage pools are not supported by this device class.

Restriction: The CLOUD device class can be used only for database backup operations.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramDEFine DEVclassdevice_class_name DEVType=CLOUDCONNection=connection_name

Parameters

device_class_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the device class to be defined. The maximum length of the device class name is 30 characters.
DEVType=CLOUD (Required)

Specifies that the CLOUD device type is assigned to the device class.

CONNection (Required)

Specifies the connection to use for the device class.

This connection contains the credentials that are required to connect to the cloud environment.

Example: Define a CLOUD device class for database backup

Define a cloud device class.

define devclass clouddevclass devtype=cloud connection=cloudconnection