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Chapter 16. Scheduling Operations for Client Nodes

This chapter contains information about scheduling the following operations:

If you are planning to use Tivoli Decision Support products with Tivoli Storage Manager, you can define a schedule that will run the Decision Support Loader automatically. For information, see Scheduling the Decision Support Loader with Tivoli Storage Manager. For information about the Tivoli Decision Support Guide products, see this URL: http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/tivolimain.html

The following concepts are described in this chapter:

Concepts:
Prerequisites to Scheduling Operations
Comparing Tivoli Storage Manager Scheduling Across Operating Systems and Components
Overview of the Tivoli Storage Manager Scheduler Running as a Windows Service
Commands for Scheduling Client Operations

Administrators perform the following activities to schedule Tivoli Storage Manager client operations:

Tasks:
Scheduling a Client Operation (task overview)
Creating Tivoli Storage Manager Schedules
Associating Client Nodes with Schedules
Starting the Scheduler on the Clients
Displaying Schedule Information
Creating Schedules for Running Command Files
Updating the Client Options File to Automatically Generate a New Password

In this chapter, most examples illustrate how to perform tasks by using a Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface. For information about the commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative client.

Tivoli Storage Manager tasks can also be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.


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