IBM TIVOLI SC32-0129-00 User Manual

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server

options

file.

A

file

that

contains

settings

that

control

various

server

operations.

These

settings,

or

options,

affect

such

things

as

communications,

devices,

and

performance.

server

storage.

The

primary

and

copy

storage

pools

used

by

the

server

to

store

users’

files:

backup

versions,

archive

copies,

and

files

migrated

from

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

for

Space

Management

client

nodes

(space-managed

files).

See

storage

pool

and

storage

hierarchy.

shared

library.

A

library

device

that

is

shared

among

multiple

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

servers.

storage

agent.

A

program

that

enables

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

to

back

up

and

restore

client

data

directly

to

and

from

SAN-attached

storage.

storage

agent

options

file.

A

file

that

specifies

options

for

the

storage

agent.

This

includes

the

name

of

the

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

server

with

which

the

storage

agent

communicates,

the

number

of

sessions

that

can

be

kept

open

to

the

server,

and

the

name

of

the

device

configuration

file.

Also

called

the

dsmsta.opt

file.

storage

hierarchy.

A

logical

ordering

of

primary

storage

pools,

as

defined

by

an

administrator.

The

ordering

is

usually

based

on

the

speed

and

capacity

of

the

devices

that

the

storage

pools

use.

In

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager,

the

storage

hierarchy

is

defined

by

identifying

the

next

storage

pool

in

a

storage

pool

definition.

See

storage

pool.

storage

pool.

A

named

set

of

storage

volumes

that

is

the

destination

that

the

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

server

uses

to

store

client

data.

A

storage

pool

stores

backup

versions,

archive

copies,

and

files

that

are

migrated

from

space

manager

client

nodes.

You

back

up

a

primary

storage

pool

to

a

copy

storage

pool.

T

tape

library.

A

term

used

to

refer

to

a

collection

of

drives

and

tape

cartridges.

The

tape

library

can

be

an

automated

device

that

performs

tape

cartridge

mounts

and

demounts

without

operator

intervention.

V

volume.

The

basic

unit

of

storage

for

the

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

database,

recovery

log,

and

storage

pools.

A

volume

can

be

an

LVM

logical

volume,

a

standard

file

system

file,

a

tape

cartridge,

or

an

optical

cartridge.

Each

volume

is

identified

by

a

unique

volume

identifier.

Glossary

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