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TSM exploits the capabilities of active directory to enumerate and manage TSM clients. Active directory can be used to automate TSM client node registration and management. Active directory services are scalable, so administrators can add and remove TSM Servers and their entire inventories of client nodes as required.
When TSM servers are added, their registered client nodes also become part of the domain and are included in the Active Directory. TSM provides an Active Directory Configuration wizard that can be used to add and remove TSM servers. This wizard can be accessed from the TSM Console. TSM commands that add, remove, and rename TSM client nodes automatically update the Active Directory.
The TSM Server interacts with the Active Directory service when it is started. At that time the following sequence of events takes place with respect to Active Directory: