Before you can back up or archive Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack client data, there are some configuration tasks that you must complete.
First ensure that you have configured the backup-archive client and that you installed the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client.
Install the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client by using the information in the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Installation and User's Guide.
After you install the Tivoli Storage
Manager FastBack
client, complete the following tasks:
After you install the Tivoli Storage
Manager FastBack
client, complete the following tasks. You can also use the Client
Configuration wizard for Tivoli Storage
Manager FastBack.
- Register a Tivoli Storage
Manager node for each Tivoli Storage
Manager FastBack
client where Tivoli Storage
Manager backs
up or archives data. The node name must be the short host name of
the FastBack client.
This is a one-time configuration performed once for each Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client whose volumes need to be backed up or archived.
This registration step must be performed manually only when the Tivoli Storage Manager client is used as a stand-alone application.
The Administration Center does this node registration automatically when the user creates schedules for archiving or backing up FastBack data using the Administration Center. Starting with Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1, the Administration Center component is no longer included in Tivoli Storage Manager distributions. FastBack users who have an Administration Center from a previous server release can continue to use it to create and modify FastBack schedules. If you do not already have an Administration Center installed, you can download the previously-released version from ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/admincenter/v6r3/LATEST. If you do not have an Administration Center installed, you must create and modify FastBack schedules on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. For information about creating schedules on the server, see the Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1 server documentation.
- Use the server GRANT PROXY command to grant
proxy authority to your current Tivoli Storage
Manager client node
on each node representing a FastBack client created in step 1. The
FastBack node should be the target, and the current Tivoli Storage
Manager client node
should be the proxy.
This is a one-time configuration, and is performed by the Administration Center if the backup or archive is initiated by the Administration Center.
- Run the set password command to store the credentials
of the FastBack repositories where the Tivoli Storage
Manager client connects.
Run the set password -type=fastback command once
for each repository where the Tivoli Storage
Manager client is
expected to connect.The credentials that are stored depends on these configurations:
- Tivoli Storage Manager client on a FastBack server
- Tivoli Storage Manager client on a FastBack DR Hub
- Tivoli Storage Manager client on a dedicated proxy workstation
For information about integrating Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack, see the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Integration Guide for Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack.