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command line or the Administration Center to insert the client's machine
information into DRM. Figure 20-1 shows how to use the Administration Center
to insert client machine information.
Figure 20-1 Insert machine characteristics using Admin Center
Alternatively, you can insert machine information using the command line, as
shown in Example 20-6.
Example 20-6 Using the command line to insert machine information
insert machine tripleeight 1 char="MACHINE OWNER: ITSO SAN JOSE LAB"
20.1.5 Use machchar.vbs to insert machine reports into DRM
Since the INSERT MACHINE command allows for adding one line of information
at a time, we can use a script or macro to easily add many lines of information at
a time in DRM. Scripts are provided with Tivoli Storage Manager and can be
found in the directory C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\server.
A script called machchar.vbs takes a text file and create s a Tivoli Storage
Manager macro file of INSERT MACHINE commands. This macro can then be
run by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to load a DRM MACHINE table
with the information. Example 20-7 uses the machchar.vbs script and the
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