Air Cleaner User Manual

Tape Drive Name
Tape drives on the remote machine. Only remote
tape drives on hosts that have granted access to
this host, as well as those that have been defined
by the local host, are included on this selector
screen.
Virtual Device Name
Virtual devices configured on the server. The
virtual device description from the remote machine
and the physical tape drive name(s) are shown.
Only virtual devices for hosts that have granted
access to this host, as well as those that have been
defined by the local host, are included on this
selector screen.
File or Directory
For list, verify, recreate and restore options, a
filename is shown for each disk image backup file
that exists on the server in the directories for which
this host has access. For backup options, a
directory name is shown for all directories this host
has permission to write to.
You must select one of the options provided on the selector screen before
proceeding. After you select an option, you can change the device, filename or
unique ID selected on the dialog screen that follows, but the backup cannot
execute unless you have permission to access the specified device or directory.
Backups to Disk Image Files
To perform a disk file backup, select a directory name from the device selector
screen. A filename is automatically generated as follows:
/Directory/Type.Hostname.UniqueID
The filename contains the following parts:
Directory The directory selected.
Type The type of backup to be performed. One of the following is used:
SB System Backup
VG Volume group
LV Logical Volume
FS Filesystem
FD File/Directory
Period (.) Delimiter.
Hostname The name of the host performing the backup. This is set to
“localhost” if no hostname is defined.
Period (.) Delimiter.
UniqueID A unique ID that, by default, contains the date and time of the
backup in “MMDDhhmm” format. For example, if a backup is
made on Feb. 28 at 3:20 P.M., the unique ID would be “02281520”.
2-6 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery: Installation and User’s Guide