Use this command to back up device class definitions in one or more files.
To restore the TSM database, device configuration information must be available.
You can use the DEVCONFIG server option to specify one or more files in which to store device configuration information. TSM updates the files whenever a device class is defined, updated, or deleted.
Privilege Class
To issue this command, you must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.
Syntax
>>-BAckup DEVCONFig----+-------------------------------+------->< | .-,-------------. | | V | | '-Filenames=-----filename----+--'
Parameters
If you do not specify a file name, TSM stores the information in all files specified with the DEVCONFIG option in the server options file.
Note: | The dataset names you provide for server options, such as DEVCONFIG, are
treated according to MVS conventions. A dataset name enclosed in
quotation marks is treated by MVS as a fully qualified name. TSM does
not prefix a qualifier to the name you provide.
To specify a fully qualified name, you must enclose the name in single quotation marks, and then surround the single-quoted name string in double quotation marks, such as "'user1.volume.devconf1'". Separate file name strings with commas and no intervening spaces, such as "'user1.volume.devconf1'","'user1.volume.devconf2'". For more information, see Command Entry Rules. TSM treats a name not enclosed in quotation marks as a partially qualified name. When a dataset is opened, MVS/RACF may prefix a qualifier to the dataset name provided. The prefix depends on what has been set up during installation and on the TSM job submitted to start the server. |
Examples
Task
Back up device configuration information to a file named DEVICE.
Related Commands
Table 18. Commands Related to BACKUP DEFCONFIG
Command | Description |
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DEFINE DEVCLASS | Defines a device class. |
UPDATE DEVCLASS | Changes the attributes of a device class. |