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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Requesting a Certificate

To request a certificate:

  1. Select w from the main menu to work with certificates.
  2. Select c to create a new certificate. Enter apollo at the password prompt. This is the password for the key ring file. The Web client does not recognize any other password. After the password is entered twice, a prompt asks if the password will expire; answer no.
  3. Press s to create a PEM certificate. A request for certificate information displays.
  4. Press m to modify the request for certificate information. You can enter the information requested in each field or leave the field blank by pressing Enter.
    Note:
    • When prompted for the key entry name, type TSM Web Client.
    • The second entry is for the key size. The recommended key size is 512.
    • When prompted for the server's fully qualified TCP/IP domain name, be sure to enter the TCP/IP domain name where the client is installed.
  5. Press r to create the certificate request. When prompted for a file name, type: certreq.txt.
  6. Press x from the Key Menu to return to the Key Ring Menu.


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