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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide


Starting the Client Scheduler

To start the client scheduler on your client node and connect to the server schedule, change to the Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory and enter the following command:

   dsmc schedule

When you start the client scheduler, it runs continuously until you close the window, end the process, or log off your system.

To run the schedule command in the background and to keep the client scheduler running, even if you log off your system, enter the following:

   nohup dsmc schedule 2> /dev/null &

If a Tivoli Storage Manager password is required for your workstation and you want to run the schedule command in the background, enter the password with the command.

Root User: To start the client scheduler automatically, ensure that the passwordaccess option is set to generate in your client system options file (dsm.sys), then follow the procedure below for your operating system:

For OS/390 UNIX:
  1. Create a shell script called /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc which contains the following entries:
    cd /usr/lpp/Tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
    sleep 60
    ./dsmc schedule
    
    This prevents the creation of two jobs with the same name and enables automatic shutdown. You may need to customize the time for your system. Refer to the user's manual for complete client scheduler instructions.
  2. Add the following entries in the /etc/rc file to set environment variables to retrieve the servername and nodename options from dsm.sys and to start the client scheduler, as follows:
       # Set environment variables to retrieve the servername and
       # nodename options from dsm.sys.
       export DSM_DIR=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
       export DSM_CONFIG=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.opt
       # Start the TSM Client scheduler and redirect outputs to
       # schedule.out instead of the /etc/log file.
       _BPX_JOBNAME='ADSMCLNT' /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc
       1>/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/schedule.out 2>&1 &
     
    
    Note:
    Enter the _BPX_JOBNAME entry on a single line in the /etc/rc file.

The client scheduler may fail to initialize properly at IPL because TCP/IP is not fully initialized. You may need to customize the time for your system to compensate for this.

Tivoli Storage Manager does not recognize changes made to the dsm.opt or the dsm.sys file while the client scheduler is running. If you make changes to these files while the client scheduler is running, and you want to use the new values immediately, stop the client scheduler and restart it. For example, if you change the inclexcl option in your dsm.sys file to point to a different include-exclude options file, you must stop the client scheduler and restart it before Tivoli Storage Manager uses the new file.

To manually stop the client scheduler, enter the kill command if it is running in the background, or press q or Ctrl+C if it is running in the foreground. To restart the client scheduler, enter the schedule command again.

Tape prompting does not occur during a scheduled event regardless of the tapeprompt option setting in your options file.

Use the Client Acceptor daemon to manage the Client Scheduler. See Managing the Client Scheduler Using the Client Acceptor Daemon for more information.


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