STORAGE POOL

Storage pool specifies the similar type of media,weather it may be

random access (disk),Sequential access(Tape).

Defining a storage pool to a disk device class.

tsm: SERVER1>DEF STG KT DISK

ANR2200I Storage pool KT defi ned (device class DISK)

tsm: SERVER1>Q STG

Storage Device Estimated Pet Pet High Low Next Stora-

Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Migr Mig Mig ge Pool
Pet Pet

ACTIVEDATA KTDEV 0.0 M 0.0

ARCHIVEPOOL DISK 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70 DISKPOOL
BACKUPPOOL DISK 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70 DISKPOOL
COPV KTDEV 0.0 M 0.0
DEVSTG KTDEV 4 G 9.1 9.1 90 70
DISKPOOL DISK 4.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
IKT DISK 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
ISPACEMGPOOL DISK 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70

Defining volume to a StgPool

tsm: SERVER1>DEF VOLUME KT C:\SATW0L9.DSM F=1024
ANR2491I Volume Creation Process starting for C:\SflTW0L9.DSH, Process Id 7.
ANS8003I Process number 7 started.

tsm: SERVER1>Q ACT SE="PROCESS 7"

Date/Time Message

12/15/2011 16:16:20 ANR0984I Process 7 for DEFINE VOLUME started in the

BACKGROUND at 16:16:20. (SESSION: 1. PROCESS: 7)
12/15/2011 16:16:20 ANR0986I Process 7 for DEFINE VOLUME running in the
BACKGROUND processed 1 items for a total of 1,073,741,824
bytes with a completion state of SUCCESS at 16:16:20.
(SESSION: 1. PROCESS: 7)

We can check the defined volumes with command Q vol

tsm: SERVERl>q vol

Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pet Volume

Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status

: APROGRAM FILESVTIVOLI- DISKPOOL DISK 4.0 M 0.0 On-Line

\TSM\SERVER1\DISK1.DSM
::\SAT\00000010.BFS DEVSTG KTDEV 128.0 M 71.1 Filling
C:\SATW0L9.DSM KT DISK 1.0 G 0.0 On-LineH