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Installing and Configuring TSM Clients

One way to install TSM clients is to run the setup routine manually on each network-attached client machine. Similarly, you can configure TSM clients by manually editing the client options file on each machine. To simplify the installation and configuration of multiple TSM clients, consider copying the client setup files from the product CD and using the Network Client Options File Wizard to create a configuration package. The setup files and configuration package can then be placed on a file server that can be accessed by Windows clients using a network-shared drive.

Installing Clients Using Shared Resources

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 19, Tivoli Storage Manager is installed on a server named EARTH, which shares its D drive with all the Windows client machines.

Figure 19. 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 to create a client configuration package named earthtcp that was stored on EARTH in the d:\tsmshar directory. The administrator then registered each client node (Client Node Configuration Wizard).

Installing and Configuring Clients

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 will run. If you go to network neighborhood and click on earth\tsmshar\earthtcp.bat, the batch file will 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.

Creating or Updating a Client Options File

Each client requires a client options file, which contains options that identify the server, communication method, backup and archive options, space management options, and scheduling options. You can edit or create client options files in several ways, depending on the client platform and configuration of your system:


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