Accepting default closed registration or enabling open registration

Before a user can request Tivoli® Storage Manager services, the node must be registered with the server.

The administrator must register client nodes with the server when registration is set to closed. Closed registration is the default.

Windows users can also use the Minimal Configuration option in the Initial Configuration Task List.

Open registration allows the client nodes to register their node names, passwords, and compression options. On UNIX and Linux systems, only the root user can register a client node with the server.

With either registration mode, by default, an administrative user ID with client owner authority is created over the node.