IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Windows, Version 4.1

Configuring for the Standalone Configuration option

The configuration wizard guides you through configuring Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager for Windows to provide stand-alone snapshot support.

Procedure

To configure Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager with the Standalone Configuration Wizard, complete the following steps:

Start the Management Console. Click Start > All Programs > Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager > FlashCopy Manager Management Console.
If the Management Console is not configured according to the licenses that are identified, a welcome page is displayed. You can select the type of configuration to complete.
From the start page, click Configuration. Alternatively, from the tree view, navigate to the Configuration node. Then, double-click Wizards.
In the results pane, double-click to select Standalone Configuration.
Follow the instructions that are provided on the wizard pages to configure stand-alone snapshot support.
1. Select the applications that you want to protect. You can select the SQL Server, Exchange Server, or File System workload.
2. To view information about the computer, operating system, processor, and physical memory, click Show System Information.
3. Review the information in the Requirements Check page. If there are any error or warning messages, resolve the issues. Click Next to continue.
4. Select the Default configuration setting.
  If you need more than one instance of the Client Acceptor and Remote Agent services, or if you use the backup-archive client to back up to the Tivoli Storage Manager server, but Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is in a stand-alone configuration, click Custom. You can use the Custom setting to choose a node name for the Client Acceptor and Remote Agent services, an options file, service names, and the HTTP port. Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager does not interfere with the existing client operations. If the backup-archive client is not installed and configured to protect the file system, the Default setting is easier to use.
  When you select Custom, more fields are displayed to change the client service configuration. Review the information in the fields and, if necessary, change settings.
  - VSS Requestor node name: Enter the node name that communicates with the VSS Service to access the Exchange, SQL, or custom application and file system data. The VSS Requestor node name is also the node name that the Remote Client Agent service uses to communicate with Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.
  - VSS Requestor options file name: Enter the name of the client options file for the VSS Requestor node.
  - Client Acceptor service name: Specify the name of the service that is used by Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client to communicate with Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager. By default, this service is named the TSM Client Acceptor.
  - Remote Client Agent service name: Specify the name of the service that communicates with Windows VSS to run the VSS operations. By default, this service is named the TSM Remote Client Agent.
  - HTTP Port: Specify the HTTP port to use for the Client Acceptor service.
  You can also delete an existing service by selecting a service in the Currently installed client services list and clicking Remove. Removal of a service happens instantly. The removal occurs when you click Remove.
5. Click Show Details to view a list of individual configuration results.
Click Finish to complete the wizard.
Optional: After you complete the configuration process with the wizard to test VSS snapshots on the system, click Run VSS diagnostics when this wizard exits.
To verify that Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager is correctly configured, select a workload in the Protect and Recover Data node in the tree view. From the Automate view, you can issue commands. Use the selection tool to choose to enter either CLI commands or PowerShell cmdlets. For example, the following CLI commands can be used:
- For file systems and custom applications:
```
fcmcli query component
fcmcli query config
```
- For SQL Server:
```
tdpsqlc query tdp
tdpsqlc query fcm
tdpsqlc query sql
```
- For Exchange Server:
```
tdpexcc query tdp
tdpexcc query fcm
tdpexcc query exchange
```
You can also view the configuration settings by clicking Properties for each configured workload.

Results

After you complete the configuration wizard, you can use Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager to back up and restore data.

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