Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Guide
This section describes the tasks involved in configuring the TSM client and
server so that the client can, via a storage agent, move its data to storage
on a SAN. As part of the configuration, a storage agent is installed on
the client system. See TSM Managed System for SAN Storage Agent
User's Guide for detailed information on the storage agent. This function is
provided by the Managed System for SAN feature.
Note: | TCP/IP is the only protocol currently supported for communications between
the storage agent and the TSM server.
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Setting up the client to directly access a storage device over a SAN
consists of installing and configuring the storage agent on the TSM client
machine and enabling the option for the API to allow the data movement.
You also need to set up the TSM device driver. Thereafter, the client
communicates with the storage agent, which in turn communicates with the TSM
server. For details on these steps, see TSM Managed System for SAN
Storage Agent User's Guide.
- Verify that the server is running, and start it if it is not:
- Double click the
TSM Server Utilities icon on the desktop. The TSM
Server Utilities window opens.
- Click
Service Information in the Server Utilities tree in the left
panel. The TSM Services tab appears in the right
panel.
- Check to see if the server is running. If it is stopped, right
click on the server name. A pop-up menu appears.
- Click Start in the pop-up menu.
- Verify that the TSM device driver is running, and start it if it is
not:
- Double click the
TSM Server Utilities icon on the desktop. The TSM
Server Utilities window opens.
- Click
Service Information in the Server Utilities tree in the left
panel. The TSM Services tab appears in the right
panel.
- Check to see if the TSM device driver is running. If it is stopped,
right click TSM Device Driver. A pop-up menu
appears.
- Click Start in the pop-up menu.
- Obtain the library and drive information for the SAN library device:
- Double click the
TSM Server Utilities icon on the desktop. The TSM
Server Utilities window opens.
- Click
Device Information in the TSM Server Utilities tree (left
pane). The Device Information tab appears in the right
pane.
- Click Refresh in the right pane. Updated library and
device information appears.
- Define a library named SANGROUP, using the SHARED=YES parameter.
define library sangroup libtype=scsi device=lb0.0.0.2 shared=yes
- Define the drives in the library.
define drive sangroup drivea device=mt0.0.0.2 element=1030
define drive sangroup driveb device=mt0.2.0.2 element=1031
- Define a device class for the drives.
define devclass santape devtype=3570 mountretention=1 mountwait=10
library=sangroup
Note: | Do not use a device type of GENERICTAPE for drives to be shared on a SAN with
clients.
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- Define a storage pool, SANPOOL.
define stgpool sanpool santape description='SAN storage pool'
maxscratch=50
For each client for which you want to enable SAN data transfer, do
the following:
- On the server, define the client's storage agent as if it were a
server. The name must match the name specified during storage agent
configuration. For example, if the storage agent's name is IRIS,
issue the following command:
define server iris serverpassword=jonquil
hladdress=sanclient.tucson.ibm.com lladdress=1500
- On the client system, do the following:
- Start the TSM device driver.
- Determine the device name by which the storage agent knows the
device.
For details on these steps, see TSM Managed System for SAN Storage
Agent User's Guide.
- On the server, define drive mapping for every drive that the storage agent
will access, by using the DEFINE DRIVEMAPPING command. For the device
name, specify the device name by which the storage agent knows the
device.
define drivemapping iris sangroup drivea device=mt5.0.0.1
define drivemapping iris sangroup driveb device=mt5.2.0.1
- Set up the policy so that the clients use the new storage pool as the
destination for their backup operations. See Configuring Policy for Managed System for SAN for details.
- On the client system, do the following:
- Start the storage agent.
- Start a backup operation to verify that the setup is complete.
For details on these steps, see TSM Managed System for SAN Storage
Agent User's Guide.
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