Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Guide


Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager Scheduler

For client nodes on Windows NT, the scheduler service can be separately installed. The scheduler provides additional exploitation of Windows NT network features by running as a Windows NT service. The scheduler can be controlled as a service from the TSM Server Utilities or the Windows NT Services applet. The scheduler provides communication between the server and client and is used for automating backup operations.

Prior to Version 3.7.2 of the backup-archive client, the only way to install the scheduler service was through a command-line utility called DSMCUTIL. While the DSMCUTIL utility is still available for installing the scheduler, the other method is described in Using the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Configuration Wizard.

Using the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Configuration Wizard

The TSM scheduler can now be installed using the TSM Scheduler wizard. This wizard is packaged with the backup-archive client and has been designed to help you install, update, and remove scheduler services.

You can access the scheduler wizard from within the backup-archive client GUI or the TSM Server Utilities.

From within the backup-archive client GUI:

  1. Select Utilities>Setup Wizard from the main window.
  2. Select the checkbox titled Help me configure the TSM Client Scheduler
  3. Follow the instructions on the wizard. Refer to the Online Help that is included with the wizard for additional information.

Using the DSMCUTIL Utility

The DSMCUTIL utility is packaged with backup-archive client. To use the TSM Scheduler services, first install a backup-archive client and then use the DSMCUTIL utility to install the scheduler.

The TSM Scheduler requires a node name and password. Because it runs as a Windows NT service, the client node name and password must be stored in the registry. It is assumed that the client node has been registered and the node name and password are available. You can install the TSM Scheduler and place the node name and password in the registry with the following procedure:

  1. Click Start>Programs>Command Prompt. The Command Prompt dialog appears.
  2. Navigate to the backup-archive client directory>BACLIENT and enter:
    dsmcutil list
    

    If you receive a message stating that the client services registry key could not be opened or that no TSM Scheduler services were located, the TSM Scheduler has not been installed. To install the TSM Scheduler, proceed to the next step. If the scheduler has been installed, see Creating Tivoli Storage Manager Schedules.

  3. If necessary, install the scheduler. For example:
    dsmcutil inst /name:"TSM Scheduler" /node:client /password:client 
    /clientdir:d:\"program files"\tivoli\tsm\baclient
    

    Notes:

    1. You can choose a scheduler name for the value name:. (You must use quotes if the name includes a space.) Use the same name when you issue the command to start the scheduler, for example: net start "TSM Scheduler". See Starting the Scheduler for details.

    2. The client node name and password in the command string are the installation defaults: client.

    3. You should substitute the node name of a registered client, application client, or host server node, and the password that is stored in the registry. The node name is the name that the administrator associates with a schedule. After the node name and password have been stored in the registry, the TSM Scheduler runs as a protected account under its own authority.


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