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Chapter 10. Adding Client Nodes

When the Tivoli Storage Manager server is installed, the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client and the administrative client are installed on the same machine as the server by default. However, many installations of Tivoli Storage Manager include remote clients, and application clients on other machines, often running on different operating systems.

The server views its registered clients as nodes that require services and resources from the server. The term nodes in this chapter indicates the following type of clients and servers that you can register as client nodes:

Each node must be registered with the server and requires an option file with a pointer to the server.

For details on many of the topics in this chapter, refer to Backup-Archive Installation and User's Guide. Administrators can perform the following activities when managing nodes:

Tasks:
"Installing Client Node Software"
"Accepting Default Closed Registration or Enabling Open Registration"
"Registering Nodes with the Server"
"Connecting Nodes with the Server"
Concepts:
Overview of Clients and Servers as Nodes
"Comparing Network-Attached Nodes to Local Nodes"

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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