IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows, Version 4.1

Registering a node on the Tivoli Storage Manager server

After you install the Tivoli® Storage Manager client and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager, you must set up a node name and password and register your node with the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

About this task

When you register your node, you create a file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server where the backups of your data are stored. You must set up a client node and a Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager node. If you are protecting availability databases in an AlwaysOn Availability Group, you must also register the AlwaysOn node.

Follow these procedures if you installed the Tivoli Storage Manager administrative command-line client. If you did not install the administrative client, the nodes must be registered on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

Procedure

Start an administrative client session by issuing the following command in a Command Prompt window:
```
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmadmc
```
To register a client node, issue the following command:
```
reg node client_nodename password backdel=yes
```
Where client_nodename is the node name for the client and password is the password that you want to use for the client. The backdel=yes parameter indicates that you can delete backup objects in your file space on the server. For example:
```
reg node doomvm3 doomvm3passwd backdel=yes
```
To register a node, issue the following command:
```
reg node sql_nodename password backdel=yes
```
Where sql_nodename is the node name for the Data Protection node and password is the password that you want to use for the SQL node. The backdel=yes parameter indicates that you can delete backup objects in your file space on the server.
For example:
```
reg node doomvm3_sql doomvm3sqlpasswd backdel=yes
```
Tip: To easily identify the node as a node for , add "_sql" to the end of the node name.
To register the AlwaysOn node, issue the following command:
```
reg node alwayson_nodename password backdel=yes
```
Where alwayson_nodename is the name for the AlwaysOn node and password is the password that you want to use for the AlwaysOn node. The backdel=yes parameter indicates that you can delete backup objects in your file space on the server. For example:
```
reg node myalwaysonnode alwaysonpasswd backdel=yes
```

What to do next

To use Tivoli Storage Manager server policy sets, the Tivoli Storage Manager must define the policy domains, policy sets, management classes, copy groups, and storage pools. These definitions are necessary to meet your Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager backup and restore requirements. For VSS operations, Tivoli Storage Manager server authentication must be on.

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