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Accurate SAN Mapping feature. For example, if a pre-Version 5.3 Tivoli Storage
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Accurate SAN Mapping feature. For example, if a pre-Version 5.3 Tivoli Storage Manager server is installed on AIX and path statements need to be set up for a Windows-based Storage Agent, tsmdlst can be used to display the required information and also generate a macro that can be used to synchronize paths when devices change in the SAN and to update the offline paths. Below we show how to update paths from the Storage Agent machine if a path goes offline. Provided that the cause has been ascertained and resolved (for example, fixing a damaged fiber), you may update the path in two steps, as follows: 1. Generate the path file, which includes tape drive identification. 2. Apply the path file to make the offline paths online again. We changed one of our Storage Agent paths to the offline state (see Example 16-24). Example 16-24 Offline path tsm: ATLANTIC>query path Source Name ----------ATLANTIC ATLANTIC ATLANTIC STA_DIOMEDE STA_DIOMEDE Source Type ----------SERVER SERVER SERVER SERVER SERVER Destination Name ----------3582_SHARED DR00 DR01 DR00 DR01 Destination Type ----------LIBRARY DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE On-Line ------Yes Yes Yes No Yes Example 16-25 shows a path file generation on the Storage Agent. Essentially, the file contains the tape drive names and their unique identification numbers, such as serial and WWN numbers. The output is then saved to the C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\Console\tsmdlst_pathfile.txt file. Example 16-25 Path file generation using tsmdlst C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\storageagent>tsmdlst /xinquiry /genpathfile Tivoli Storage Manager -- Device List Utility Licensed Materials - Property of IBM 5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2005. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. Computer Name: DIOMEDE TSM Device Driver: ADSMScsi - Not Running 554 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation Guide
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