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Step 2.2 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server: Defining the
Storage Agent and Configuring Devices
This section provides the instructions that you need to perform on the Tivoli
Storage Manager server. If further explanation is required, see the Administrator’s
Guide.
1. If you have not set up server-to-server communication on this server, you can
do so now with the following commands:
set servername tsmsrver
set serverpassword not4u
set serverhladdress tsmsrver.tucson.ibm.com
set serverlladdress 1502
These commands establish the server’s name, password, TCP/IP address, and
port. Replace the example values with values from the server configuration
information worksheet.
Note:
The Server Password Set status in the QUERY STATUS output must be
equal to YES. You set the server password by issuing the SET
SERVERPASSWORD command from a Tivoli Storage Manager
administrative command line. See the example above.
2. For each client that you want to enable SAN data transfer, define the client’s
storage agent to the Tivoli Storage Manager server as if the storage agent is a
server. You must use the same name and password that you set for the storage
agent when you installed it on the client system. The DEFINE SERVER
command must be issued from the Tivoli Storage Manager server (library
manager or library client) that will manage the client’s data. For example:
define server storagnt serverpassword=fun4me
hladdress=agent.tucson.ibm.com lladdress=1500
If the library to be used for LAN-free data movement is a Tivoli Storage
Manager shared library and the data manager server is a library client, then
you must also define the storage agent to the library manager. It needs to be
able to contact the library manager directly when making mount requests. If
the storage agent is only defined to the library client, it will attempt to use
information from the library client to define itself to the library manager. If the
storage agent is unable to define itself to the library manager, the storage agent
must be defined manually using the DEFINE SERVER command issued from
the library manager. For example, from the library manager server, issue the
following command to verify that the storage agent is defined to the library
manager:
query server server_name format=detailed
If storage agent is not defined to the library manager, issue the DEFINE
SERVER command. For example:
define server storagnt serverpassword=fun4me
hladdress=agent.tucson.ibm.com lladdress=1500
Note: In the event that the library manager is not the same server as the
library client server that hosts the storage agent, you must define the
storage agent as a server on both the library manager server and the
library client server.
3. Configure the SAN drives. This involves the following steps:
Tape Device
When you are connecting the storage agent to the library manager, follow these
steps:
24 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for SAN for AIX: Storage Agent User’s Guide