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This section provides overview information for both standard and minimal configuration options.
During the standard configuration process, wizards help you perform the following commonly-required tasks:
Additional configuration wizards can help you perform the following optional tasks:
The standard initial configuration process does not include all Tivoli Storage Manager features, but it does produce a functional TSM system that can be further customized and tuned. The default settings suggested by the wizards are appropriate for use in many cases.
During the minimal configuration process, a wizard helps you initialize a TSM server instance. Open client registration is enabled, so TSM client nodes can automatically register themselves with the server. The following objects are also created on the server machine:
If a TSM client is not installed locally, the required directory structure will be created. If a client options file already exists, it will be backed up before the new file is created. TCP/IP communication is enabled for the client and server.
A file device is drive space designated for use as a virtual storage device. Standard files are used to represent individual media volumes. Data is written to file volumes sequentially, as if they were tape volumes. When a new file volume is required, a 25MB file is automatically created. When file volumes are emptied, they are automatically deleted. Because the minimal configuration option does not provide for storage device configuration, default backup and archive storage pools are configured to send their data to the file device.
Although the wizards simplify the configuration process by hiding some of the detail, a certain amount of TSM knowledge is still required to create and maintain a typically complex storage management environment. If you are not familiar with Tivoli Storage Manager functions and concepts, you should refer to Chapter 1, Introducing Tivoli Storage Manager before you begin.
The initial configuration process configures a single server. If you have purchased the Enterprise Administration feature and plan to configure a network of servers, you must perform additional tasks. For details, see the chapter on working with a network of servers in the Administrator's Guide. (See TSM Documentation to access this publication.)
You can click Cancel to exit any wizard panel. A dialog will appear, asking if you want to mark the current wizard task as complete. You can click Yes to continue to the next wizard, or No to exit the initial configuration process. However, cancelling during initial configuration can produce unexpected results. The preferred method is to complete the entire wizard sequence, and then restart an individual wizard to make any configuration changes.