RHEL 8.x Spectrum Protect Define Device class for drive

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Define device class for drive This document assumes mount points are available to the OS.

  1. Login to backup server via SSH
  2. Change permissions for drive mount points 
    chown spinst1:spsrvrs /spdata1
    

    chown spinst1:spsrvrs /spdata2
    

    chown spinst1:spsrvrs /spdata3
  3. Login to backup console and configure device class 
    dsmadmc
    

    > DEFINE DEVCLASS <class-name> DEVT=FILE FORMAT=DRIVE MAXCAP=<size> MOUNTL=<max-mount-limits> DIR=<mountpoint1,mountpoint2,mountpointN> SHARE=no
    

    Ex:
    

    > DEFINE DEVCLASS FILECLASS DEVT=FILE FORMAT=DRIVE MAXCAP=5G MOUNTL=2000 DIR=/spdata1,/spdata2,/spdata3 SHARE=no
  4. Check the device class 
    > q dev


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