How to configure Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Tape Library

1. Set the appropriate SCSI ID for each drive and for the library or medium-changer.
2. Physically attach the devices to the server hardware.
3. Install and configure the appropriate device drivers for the library.
4. Determine the device names that are needed to define the library to Tivoli Storage Manager.

How to configure removable devices in TSM

• Plan for the device by reviewing your storage requirements and hardware environment.

• Attach the device to the server system, and ensure that the appropriate device driver is installed and configured (Atape device drivers on AIX).

• Define libraries, drives, paths, device classes, storage pools, and storage volume objects to Tivoli Storage Manager by using below commands

• Define the Tivoli Storage Manager policy that links client data with media for the device. Define or update the policy that associates clients with the pool of storage volumes and the device.

• As an alternative to creating or modifying a Tivoli Storage Manager policy, you can place the new storage pool in the storage pool migration hierarchy by updating an already defined storage pool.

• Prepare storage volumes for use by the device. At a minimum, you must label volumes for the device. For SCSI, 349X, and ACSLS libraries, add the volumes to the device's volume inventory by checking in the volumes.

• Each volume used by a server for any purpose must have a unique name. This applies to volumes that reside in different libraries, volumes used for storage pools, and volumes used for operations such as database backup or export.

• Register clients to the domain associated with the policy that you defined or updated in the preceding step. 

• After you have attached and defined your devices, you can store client data in two ways:

1. Have clients back up data directly to tape.Configuring policy for direct-to-tape backups. 
2. Have clients back up data to disk. The data is later migrated to tape.