Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations, Version 6.1.2

Creating a configuration file

Create a configuration file that you can use to deploy clients.

Before you begin

Before you can create a configuration file, you must create a group. You must also identify an administration folder. When you identify the administration folder, you must select a group for new clients.

Procedure

  1. Open the Administration Settings task. The administration tables are displayed.
  2. In the Administration Folders section, select one administration folder.
  3. In the Actions menu, click Create a Configuration File. The Create a Configuration File panel is displayed.
  4. Click Get Configuration. The central administration console generates the XML configuration code of the group that is associated with the administration folder. The XML code is displayed in the text box. The configuration also contains the location of the administration folder.
  5. Copy the code in the text box and paste it into a file.
  6. Rename the file. If the configuration file is used when you initially instal a client, rename the file to fpa.txt. If the configuration file is pulled by an existing client from the administration folder, rename the file to fpcommands.xml.

What to do next

After you create a configuration file, you can deploy Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations clients to other computers. Rename the configuration file to fpa.txt. You must also have a client installer.

You can change the configuration of existing clients that have not been discovered by the central administration console by putting the configuration file in the downloads folder of the client. The client pulls the new configuration information from the downloads folder. If the configuration file is used to change the configuration of an existing client in this way, rename the file to fpcommands.xml.

You can change the configuration of clients that have been assigned to groups by changing the settings in the Groups Configuration panels. For this task, it is not necessary to create a configuration file.