With Tivoli Storage Manager, magnetic disk devices are used for:
For information on using disk storage for the database and recovery log, see Chapter 17, Managing the Database and Recovery Log.
A summary of procedures for using disk storage for client data is in this chapter.
You may also want to use disk storage (in the form of FILE volumes) to store backups of the database and to export and import data.
See the following sections:
Concepts: |
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"Using Cache" |
"Freeing Space on Disk" |
"FILE Volumes Used for Database Backups and Export Operations" |
Tasks: |
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"Using Random Access Volumes on Disk Devices" |
"Using Disk for FILE Sequential Devices" |
"Varying Disk Volumes Online or Offline" |
In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using the TSM command line interface. For information about the TSM commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a TSM administrative client.
All of the TSM commands can be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.