Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide


Chapter 19. Automating Server Operations

Administrative commands can be scheduled for use in tuning server operations and to start functions that require significant server or system resources during times of low usage. Automating these operations allows the administrator to ensure that server resources are available when needed by clients.

An administrator can automate the process of issuing a sequence of commands by storing the commands in a server script. From the command line, the administrator can immediately process the script or schedule the script for processing.

TSM includes a central scheduling component that allows the automatic processing of administrative commands during a specific time period when the schedule is activated. Schedules that are started by the scheduler can run in parallel. You can process scheduled commands sequentially by using Tivoli Storage Manager scripts that contain a sequence of commands with WAIT=YES. You can also use a scheduler external to Tivoli Storage Manager to invoke the administrative client to start one or more administrative commands.

Each scheduled administrative command is called an event. Each scheduled event is tracked by the server and recorded in the database. Event records can be deleted from the database as needed to recover database space.

See the following sections:

Tasks:
"Automating a Basic Administrative Command Schedule"
"Tailoring Schedules"
"Copying Schedules"
"Deleting Schedules"
"Managing Scheduled Event Records"
"Tivoli Storage Manager Server Scripts"
"Using Macros"

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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