Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Quick Start


Installing and Configuring Clients

This section describes how to place the Tivoli Storage Manager client program on a file server and how to use the package created by the Network Client Options File Wizard. In the example shown in Figure 21, Tivoli Storage Manager is installed on a server named EARTH, which shares its D drive with all the Windows client machines.

Figure 21. Windows Networked Environment



Windows Networked Environment

Each client machine is configured so that when it boots up, it maps the EARTH D drive as its Z drive. For example, at start-up each client issues this command:

NET USE Z: \\EARTH\D$

The administrator used the Network Client Options File Wizard (Configuring Remote Win32 Clients) to created a client configuration package named earthtcp that was stored on EARTH in the d:\tsmshar directory. The administrator then registered each client node (Configuring Client Nodes).

The following scenario describes how to install the remote client and configure it from a shared directory:

  1. On EARTH, copy the contents of the Win32 client directory from the Tivoli Storage Manager client CD to the d:\tsmshar directory. Ensure that you include any client subdirectories. You can use Windows Explorer or the xcopy command with the /s option to perform the copy.
  2. Provide the users of the Windows clients with the following instructions for installing the client from the shared directory:
    1. Open a command prompt and change directories to the shared CD-ROM drive on EARTH. For example:
      chdir /d x:\tsmshar  
      
    2. Start the client installation:
      setup
      

      Follow the instructions in the setup routine.

    3. Run the configuration package batch file to configure the client to communicate with the server (that is, create the client options file) by issuing:
      earthtcp.bat
      
      Note:Using Windows Explorer, you can run the batch file if the drive is shared and if you start the file from the shared directory. However, you cannot run the batch file if you go to the directory using Explorer's network neighborhood. For example, if you go to Explorer and click on z:\tsmshar\earthtcp.bat, the file would run. If you go to network neighborhood and click on earth\tsmshar\earthtcp.bat, the batch file would not run. Similarly, to issue the command from a command prompt, you must change to the shared directory. A warning is displayed if you enter a command such as x:\tsmshar\setup.

    After they complete the procedure, the users can start their clients, contact the server, and perform a backup.


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