Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris: Managed System for SAN Storage Agent User's Guide


Step 6. Client System

Do the following:

  1. Start the Storage Agent
  2. Verify the Configuration

Start the Storage Agent

Start the storage agent as follows:

When the storage agent starts, it determines if the TSM server is a library client or library manager. If the TSM server is a library client, the storage agent uses information about the library manager from the library client in order to cross define itself to the library manager.

Verify the Configuration

To verify that you have configured your system correctly for LAN-free data movement, perform the following procedure:

  1. Run a backup operation from the client. If you receive a message saying that the backup has been successful, you have configured your system correctly.
  2. Ensure the following if you receive a message saying that the backup has failed.
    Note:
    If you retry the backup operation after the first failure, the client attempts to use the LAN connection for data movement. The client will continue to use the LAN until the client is stopped and restarted.
    1. The TSM server is running. If the TSM server is not running, the storage agent will not start.
    2. The client, storage agent, and server are communicating with each other as expected.
    3. The drive mapping is correctly defined.
    4. All drives in a library have been mapped on the server.

Determining Whether the Data Movement was LAN-free

Use the following guidelines to help determine whether the data movement is using the LAN-free environment:


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