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Figure 6-131 Saved Condition in new Profile

Now save the new Profile with an appropriate name, (in this instance, Search for TSM

Options Files). The saved Profile now appears in the Profiles list, see Figure 6-132.

Tip: We recommend choosing meaningful Profile names, which reflect the content or

function of the profile.

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Figure 6-132 Listed Profiles containing Search for Tivoli Storage Manager Option File

2. Bind new Profile into a Scan

First, create a new Scan -

IBM Tivoli SRM -> Monitoring -> Scans. We chose

Tivoli.Default Scan as shown in Figure 6-133. Fill in a description for this Scan and select

the Filesystems and Computers on which the Scan will run.

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Figure 6-133 Add Profile to Scan

On the Profiles tab, select the newly created Profile and add it to the Profiles to apply to

Filesystems

column, as shown in Figure 6-134.

Figure 6-134 Add Profiles to Scan

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Now select the schedule time when the schedule should run, save the Scan, then check

the result.

3. Generate Report with your Profile

To view the results, select

IBM Tivoli SRM -> Reporting -> Usage -> File Size

Distribution -> by Filesystem.

Select all filesystems, select the Profile: administrator.

Search for Tivoli Storage Manager Option Files and click

Generate Report. The report

contains all the option files discovered by the Scan as in Figure 6-135.

Figure 6-135 Report with number of found Tivoli Storage Manager Option Files

Note that on BONNIE’s C drive we found 13 files.

4. Define new Constraint

We would like to know where specifically these files are located. To set up this search,

select

IBM Tivoli SRM -> Policy Management -> Constraints -> Tivoli.Orphaned File

Constraint

, as shown in Figure 6-136. Enter a description, and select the Filesystem

Groups and Computers

where you want to locate the files.

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Figure 6-136 Create Orphaned File search

Select the Options tab, then select Edit Filter as shown in Figure 6-137.

Figure 6-137 Update the Orphaned selection

On the Edit Filter pop-up, double click the ATTRIBUTES Filter. Here we will replace the

ORPHANED condition with our own filter, since we want to actually search for Tivoli

Storage Manager option files, not orphaned files (Figure 6-138).