Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations, Version 6.1.2

Creating a group

Use the Groups Configuration task to create a group from scratch, or to create a group that is like an existing group. A group allows you to manage many clients at one time. A group defines a client configuration.

About this task

The Groups Configuration wizard of the central administration console is like the initial configuration wizard of the client. Both wizards guide you to configure the data-protection settings for clients. Unlike the initial configuration wizard of the client, the Groups Configuration wizard exposes all data-protection settings, and identifies a name and description for the group.

Procedure

  1. Open the Groups Configuration task. The table of groups is displayed.
  2. From the Actions menu, click Create a Group. The Groups Configuration wizard opens.

    Create a Group provides default settings, which you can modify in the wizard.

    Create a Group Like an Existing Group provides settings of an existing group, which you can modify in the wizard. Choose Create a Group Like an Existing Group if the new group is like an existing group. Create a Group Like a Client is enabled when you select one group from the table.

    The Welcome page of the Groups Configuration wizard is displayed.
  3. Provide configuration settings as requested by the wizard. You can accept the configuration settings provided by the wizard, or change them.
  4. At the last page, clickFinish to create the group. The new group is added to the table of groups.

What to do next

You can add existing clients to this group, and they adopt the configuration.

If you associate this group with an administration folder, you increase your ability to manage clients in two ways: