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Managing TSM Client Schedules

Working with Schedules on Network Clients

This section shows how to start TSM schedules that you have defined and how to verify that they are running correctly.

Starting the Tivoli Storage Manager Scheduler

The TSM Client Scheduler is the client component of the TSM scheduling model. The client scheduler runs as a Windows service and must be installed and running on the TSM client machine to execute any client schedules you define to the TSM server. The client scheduler can be installed using a wizard provided by the TSM client graphical interface. You can manually start the scheduler service on each client node, or update the managedservices option in the client options file to automatically start the scheduler service as required. Refer to Backup-Archive Installation and User's Guide for more information.

Verifying a Schedule

You can verify that the automation is working as it should on the day after you define the schedule and associate it with clients. If the schedule runs successfully, the status indicates Completed.

Note:
The include-exclude list (file on UNIX clients) on each client also affects which files are backed up or archived. For example, if a file is excluded from backup with an EXCLUDE statement, the file will not be backed up when the schedule runs.

From the administrative Web interface, do the following:

  1. From the tree view, expand Object View.
  2. Expand Automation and then expand Client Schedules.
  3. Click Query Client Events.
  4. Enter the appropriate information. To limit the query to display only schedules that did not run as expected, select YES in the Exceptions only? option. Click Finish. The operation displays the results.

    Schedules that did not complete successfully have a status of Failed, Missed, or Severed.

Check the results of the schedule on one of the clients that was associated with that schedule. For most clients, scheduling information is stored in the file dsmsched.log.


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