Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Quick Start


Installing a Tivoli Storage Manager Server PTF

PTFs are shipped as compressed PKGADD-installable files and on CD-ROM. To install a TSM PTF, follow this procedure:

  1. Back up the Tivoli Storage Manager database and the device configuration and volume history files. In the following example, the tape device class named TAPECLASS is used for database backups.
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |backup db type=full devclass=tapeclass                                          |
    |backup devconfig filenames=devconfig.jan99                                      |
    |backup volhistory filenames=volhistory.jan99                                    |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  2. After the backup has completed, stop the server. Otherwise, a server crash could result.
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |halt                                                                            |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  3. Remove Tivoli Storage Manager (TIVsmS):
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    |pkgrm TIVsmS                                                                    |
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  4. Install the PTF, which includes the complete server program code:
  5. If this service level replaces the Tivoli Storage Manager tape, optical, and library device drivers (non-IBM), reconfigure the device drivers into the kernel. This step ensures that the device special file names are consistent.
    1. Note the existing device special file names. You may want to redirect them to a file.
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      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*mt                (tape)                                        |
      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*lb | grep lb@     (library)                                     |
      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*op                (optical)                                     |
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    2. Remove the device special files. The device drivers were removed from the kernel when the previous packages were removed.
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      |rm /dev/rmt/xmt                                                                 |
      |rm /dev/rmt/xlb                                                                 |
      |rm /dev/rmt/xop                                                                 |
      |                                                                                |
      |   Where x is the appropriate number                                            |
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    3. Reconfigure the device drivers:
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      |add_drv mt                (tape)                                                |
      |add_drv lb                (library)                                             |
      |add_drv op                (optical)                                             |
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    4. Compare the device special file names with the names noted in step 5a and note any differences.
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*mt                (tape)                                        |
      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*lb | grep lb@     (library)                                     |
      |ls -l /dev/rmt/*op                (optical)                                     |
      +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

      After you start Tivoli Storage Manager, use the UPDATE DRIVE and UPDATE LIBRARY commands to make any device special file name changes.


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