Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager to protect FastBack client data

You can configure the backup-archive client to protect FastBack client data by using the client configuration wizard.

Before you can use the Tivoli® Storage Manager Client Configuration wizard for FastBack, you must complete the following tasks:

• Ensure that either the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack server, or the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub, is installed and configured for short-term data retention.
• Also ensure that at least one snapshot has been taken.
• Ensure that the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client is properly configured with a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Also make sure that the Tivoli Storage Manager client acceptor service (dsmcad.exe) is running. You can use the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Configuration wizard in the Tivoli Storage Manager Java™ GUI, after you install the backup-archive client.
• Complete a one-time post-installation setup for these purposes:
  • To specify a Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack user name and password to be used by the wizard, to query and mount volumes from the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack repository
  • To run Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler scripts
• Set up the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack credentials file. The user ID that you specify must have Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrative authority.
  1. Configure the user ID and password. Run the following command on the workstation where the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client and FastBack server or DR Hub are installed:

     cd <TSM_FastBack_install_location>\FastBack\shell

     where <TSM_FastBack_install_location> is the directory location where the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client is installed.

  2. If it does not exist, create a folder called FastbackTSMScripts under the system drive of the workstation, using the following command:

     mkdir <machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts

  3. Run the fastbackshell command:

     FastBackShell -c encrypt -u userName -d domain -p password -f
     <machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts\credential.txt 

     The following options are used in the preceding command example:

     • -u specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator user name.
     • -p specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator password.
     • -d specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack domain for the user name.
     • -f specifies the output file where the encrypted credentials are to be written.
  Important: The credentials file must be generated with the name "credential.txt". The credentials file must also be located in the FastbackTSMScripts directory of the system drive of the workstation, for the wizard to function properly.

You can use the client configuration wizard in the backup-archive client Java GUI or the backup-archive Web client.

Follow these steps to use the client configuration wizard in the Java graphical user interface:

1. Ensure that the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client is properly configured with a Tivoli Storage Manager server.
2. The configuration wizard starts automatically to create the configuration file.
3. Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
4. From the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client GUI main window, select Utilities > Setup Wizard.
5. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data and click Next.
6. Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.

Follow these steps to start the client configuration wizard in the Web client:

1. Ensure that the Web client is properly configured with a Tivoli Storage Manager server, and that the Tivoli Storage Manager client acceptor service is running.

   To configure the Web client, follow these steps:

   1. From the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client GUI main window in the Java GUI, click Utilities > Setup Wizard.
   2. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the TSM Web Client and click Next. Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
2. Start the Web client. In your Web browser, specify the client node name and port number where the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor service is running.

   For example: http://<machine_name_or_ip_address>:1585

3. From the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client GUI main window, click Utilities > Setup Wizard.
4. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data, and click Next.
5. Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.