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Getting Started....................................................................................................7 Supported Operating Systems & Hardware......................................................................................... ........7 Software and License Requirements.............................................................................................. .............7 Evaluation License Key......................................................................................................... .................8 Software Installation and Configuration........................................................................................ ...............8 Downloading and Installing from the Web Site................................................................................... ....8 Installing from CDROM.......................................................................................................... ................9 Updating the Software.......................................................................................................... ..................9 Starting the Software.......................................................................................................... .........................9 Enabling Optional Features..................................................................................................... ..................10 Initial TSM Setup.............................................................................................................. .........................10 TSM Server..................................................................................................................... .....................10 SBAdmin Management Class....................................................................................................... ........10 TSM API Client................................................................................................................. ...................11 2. Introduction.......................................................................................................12 SBAdmin Terminology............................................................................................................ ...................12 The SBAdmin System Backup...................................................................................................... .............13 SBAdmin and TSM Integration.................................................................................................... ..............13 TSM Backup Retention........................................................................................................... .............14 Shared Versus Owner Access..................................................................................................... .........14 TSM Server Authentication...................................................................................................... ............14 Additional Notes............................................................................................................... ....................15 3. The Backup Administrator User Interface.......................................................16 The Main Screen................................................................................................................ .......................16 Closing Windows................................................................................................................ .......................18 4. Configuring Users.............................................................................................19 Adding a User.................................................................................................................. .........................19 Removing a User................................................................................................................ ......................19 5. Configuring Clients...........................................................................................20 Adding a Client................................................................................................................ .........................20 TSM Node Name and Password..................................................................................................... .....21 Set or Reset the Node 9s Password............................................................................................... ........21 Enabling Backup Data Encryption for a Client................................................................................... ...21 Removing a Client.............................................................................................................. .......................21 6. Configuring TSM Servers.................................................................................23 Adding a Server................................................................................................................ ........................23 TSM Server Name................................................................................................................ ...............23 TSM Admin User ID/Password..................................................................................................... ........24 PASSWORDAccess................................................................................................................. ............24 COMMMethod..................................................................................................................... .................24 COMPRESSion.................................................................................................................... ................24 Changing a Server.............................................................................................................. ......................24 Removing a Server.............................................................................................................. .....................25 7. Backup Profile...................................................................................................26 Adding a Backup Profile........................................................................................................ ....................26 Volume Groups to Include....................................................................................................... .............27 Compression Level.............................................................................................................. ................28 Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 4 - Version 6.3 User Guide TSM Backup Read Permission..................................................................................................... ........28 Incremental Backup Level....................................................................................................... .............28 Pre-backup and Post-backup Programs............................................................................................ ........29 Pre & Post Backup Programs..................................................................................................... ..........29 Pre & Post Snapshot Programs................................................................................................... .........30 Creating Pre & Post Backup Programs............................................................................................ .....30 Incremental/Differential Backups............................................................................................... ................31 Incremental Backup Examples.................................................................................................... .........31 Restoring from Incremental Backups............................................................................................. .......32 Changing a Backup Profile...................................................................................................... ..................33 Removing a Profile............................................................................................................. .......................33 8. Exclude Lists.....................................................................................................34 Using Wildcards................................................................................................................ ........................34 Adding an Entry to the Exclude List............................................................................................ ...............34 Removing Entries from the Exclude List......................................................................................... ...........35 9. Backup Jobs......................................................................................................36 Creating a Backup Job.......................................................................................................... ....................36 Selecting the Server or Device................................................................................................. ............37 Selecting/Customizing the Backup Profile....................................................................................... .....37 Selecting Clients to Backup.................................................................................................... ..............37 Additional Options............................................................................................................. ...................37 Scheduling the Backup.......................................................................................................... ...............39 Changing a Backup Job.......................................................................................................... ..................39 Removing a Backup Job.......................................................................................................... .................40 Running a Backup Job on Demand................................................................................................. ..........40 Adding a Job to the Queue from the Command Line............................................................................40 Running a Backup Job from the Command Line...................................................................................40 10. Holidays...........................................................................................................41 11. Configuring Snapshot Backups.....................................................................43 Enabling Snapshot Backups...................................................................................................... ................43 12. Job Queues.....................................................................................................46 The Job Queue Display.......................................................................................................... ...................46 Icons on the Job Queue Display................................................................................................. ...............47 Monitoring Backups............................................................................................................. ......................47 The Backup Status Screen....................................................................................................... ............47 The Backup Output Display...................................................................................................... ............48 The Job Message Screen......................................................................................................... ............49 Manipulating Backup Jobs....................................................................................................... .................50 Kill a Running Job............................................................................................................. ...................50 Place a Job on Hold............................................................................................................ .................50 Restart a Job.................................................................................................................. .....................51 Remove a Job from the Queue.................................................................................................... .........51 Show Status/Output............................................................................................................. ................51 13. Backup Labels.................................................................................................52 Automatically Printing Backup Labels........................................................................................... ........53 View Backup Labels............................................................................................................. .....................53 View by Backup ID.............................................................................................................. .................53 View by Tape Label ID.......................................................................................................... ...............54 View by Server................................................................................................................. ....................55 View by Job ID................................................................................................................. ....................55 View by Client................................................................................................................. .....................56 Read from Server............................................................................................................... ..................57 Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 5 - Version 6.3 User Guide Expiring a Backup.............................................................................................................. .......................58 Manually Expiring a Backup..................................................................................................... ............58 Automatic Expiration of Backups................................................................................................ ..........58 14. Backup Job Status & Output History.............................................................60 View by Server................................................................................................................. ....................61 View by Job ID................................................................................................................. ....................61 View by Client................................................................................................................. .....................61 15. Verify a Backup...............................................................................................62 Selecting What to verify....................................................................................................... .....................62 Displaying the Status and Output of the Verify................................................................................. .........63 16. Recreate Volume Groups, Logical Volumes or Filesystems........................66 When to Use These Options...................................................................................................... ...............66 Recreate Volume Groups......................................................................................................... .................66 Recreate Logical Volumes or Filesystems........................................................................................ .........69 17. Restore Data from a Backup..........................................................................73 Selecting the Backup to Restore From........................................................................................... ...........73 Selecting Restore Options...................................................................................................... ...................75 Selecting Data to Restore...................................................................................................... ...................75 Search/Select by Name.......................................................................................................... ..............75 Select Using File Tree......................................................................................................... .................76 Restoring Files or Directories Using Wildcards................................................................................. ....77 Restoring Data to a New Destination............................................................................................ .............78 Displaying the Status and Output of the Restore................................................................................ .......78 18. Preferences.....................................................................................................80 Software License............................................................................................................... .......................80 Administrator License.......................................................................................................... .................80 Optional Features.............................................................................................................. ..................81 General Preferences............................................................................................................ .....................81 Operating Systems Support...................................................................................................... ...........82 Sound On/Off................................................................................................................... ....................82 Fonts & Colors................................................................................................................. ....................82 Report Preferences............................................................................................................. .................84 Network Interface.............................................................................................................. ...................85 Network Timeout................................................................................................................ ..................85 Backup Process Priority........................................................................................................ ...............86 Concurrent Backups............................................................................................................. ................86 Backup Retention Policy........................................................................................................ ...................87 Tape Backups................................................................................................................... ...................87 TSM Backups.................................................................................................................... ...................88 Number of Backups to Retain.................................................................................................... ...........88 Backup Status Notifications.................................................................................................... ...................89 Primary Notification........................................................................................................... ...................89 Alternate Notification......................................................................................................... ...................90 19. Reports............................................................................................................92 Backup Profiles................................................................................................................ .........................93 Exclude Lists.................................................................................................................. ...........................93 Backup Jobs.................................................................................................................... .........................93 Network Install Clients........................................................................................................ .......................93 Backup History................................................................................................................. .........................93 Backup Expiration Report....................................................................................................... ...................94 20. Utilities.............................................................................................................95 Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 6 - Version 6.3 User Guide Create System Installation Media............................................................................................... ...............95 Write a Tape Label ID to a Tape................................................................................................ ...............95 Perform Tape Operations........................................................................................................ ..................96 Remote Install Manager (RIM)................................................................................................... ...............98 Rebuild (unexpire) a Backup Label.............................................................................................. ..............98 21. Network Security...........................................................................................100 TCP/IP Ports................................................................................................................... .........................100 Network Firewalls.............................................................................................................. .......................100 Remote Command Execution....................................................................................................... ............100 Remote Installation Manager.................................................................................................... ................101 Encryption Keys................................................................................................................ .......................101 22. Getting Help..................................................................................................102 QuickHelp...................................................................................................................... ..........................102 User Guide..................................................................................................................... ..........................102 Communications Errors.......................................................................................................... ..................102 Storix Support................................................................................................................. .........................102 Index....................................................................................................................103 Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 7 - Version 6.3 User Guide 1. Getting Started Supported Operating Systems & Hardware As of the time of this publication, the TSM Edition software is supported on all AIX and Linux systems on which the TSM Backup/API Client software is supported. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following systems: AIX : All IBM RS/6000 , System p , System i, OpenPower and JS/20 systems running AIX Version 5.1 and later (currently 6.1). Solaris : X86 : All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later, and Solaris 10 versions 1/06 and later on all Solaris- supported Intel 32 and 64-bit platforms. SPARC : All Solaris 9 versions 9/05 and later, and Solaris 10 versions 11/06 and later. Includes sun4u and sun4v platforms. Linux : X86 : All distributions which run on Intel 32-bit based processors and 64-bit processors capable of running 32-bit software (includes AMD , Opteron and Athlon -based systems). Linux kernel levels 2.4 and glibc 2.2.2 and higher are required. Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices (meta-disks) when installed. PPC : All distributions supported on 32-bit or 64-bit systems with PowerPC CHRP hardware. Linux kernel levels 2.4 and higher, and glibc 2.3.3 and higher are required. Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices (meta-disks) when installed. IA64 : All distributions supported on Intel 64-bit IA64 ( Itanium ) processor-based systems, including HP Integrity systems. Linux kernel levels 2.4 and higher, and glibc 2.3.3 and higher are required. Support is provided for Linux LVM Library version 1.0 and higher, and Software Raid Devices (meta-disks) when installed. Software and License Requirements Installation of the TSM Edition software provides the graphical user interface, web interface and application programs for administering the backups of the admin system itself. Administration of client (node) system backups may also be performed from the admin system . It is also necessary to install a subset of the software onto each system that will act as either a backup media server or client. The following table describes license types related to TSM Edition : TSM Edition This license is installed onto a system from which TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) backups will be managed. This system must be an AIX, Solaris or Linux system and does not need to be a TSM Server. The TSM Edition license supports Full System Backups and backups are performed to any TSM server or to a local tape device on each client. Any number of TSM servers may be configured, but you must have a Client License for each additional client (node) to be backed up. This integrates the needed Full System Backup and recovery functionality of SBAdmin with the data file storage capabilities of TSM. A single license key is required for the TSM Admin system , which also defines the number of TSM clients (nodes) which may be managed by the administrator. Although no license key is requires for each of the clients, the client software must be installed and configured on each TSM node before they may be managed by the TSM Admin system. TSM Client Must be installed on each system which will be a client or backup media server. A Client license for the local (administrator) system is included with the TSM Edition license. This client must be managed by a TSM Admin system . No license key is required on the client since the number of supported clients and backup servers are defined by the TSM Edition license. Backup management features, such as scheduling and history reporting are provided only by the TSM Edition . Backup Data Encryption Feature This optional license may be added to a Network Edition, Workstation Edition or TSM Edition license to enable AES data encryption support for all backups. If used with Network or TSM Edition, a license is purchased for the number of Clients for which backup data should be encrypted. Other administrator license editions for Network, Workstation and Desktop are also available, which provide backups to local and remote ( Network Edition ) disk and tape devices. Those editions also support multiple backup types, from files and directories to volume groups and raw logical volumes. Since this TSM Edition supports only Full System Backups and TSM Servers as backup media, all other administrator licenses are documented in a separate user guide. Refer to the System Backup Administrator User Guide for details. Evaluation License Key All license options and features above, except the TSM Client require a license key. The license keys are installed only onto the TSM Admin system , and must be obtained from Storix. For all licensed options, the user may type the word c trial d for a free 30-day evaluation of all features of the software. Software Installation and Configuration The following instructions may be used to install the software from either installation images downloaded from the Storix Software web site ( http://www.storix.com ) or from a System Backup Administrator installation CDROM: Downloading and Installing from the Web Site 1. Select the software package you wish to download from the web site based on your operating system type, machine type and desired software configuration . Be sure to download the file in BINARY. Some browsers will recognize the ".tar" extension of the file and ask you if it should open the file or expand it. You should NOT do so, but select to save it to disk instead. 2. Change to the /tmp directory: cd /tm p 3. Extract the contents of the file. Note that this does not extract the software, but only the installation program files and install image: tar -xvf IMAGEFILE .tar (where IMAGEFILE .tar is the name of the downloaded file) 4. Run the installation program by typing: ./stinstall Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 8 - Version 6.3 User Guide Installing from CDROM 1. Mount the cdrom by typing: a. On AIX systems: mount -v cdrfs -r /dev/cd0 /mnt b. On Linux systems: mount 3t iso9660 3r /dev/cdrom /mnt c. On Solaris systems: Normally, a CDROM will automatically be mounted to the /cdrom/cdrom directory when inserted. If this is the case, replace /mnt with / cdrom/cdrom in the following commands. If the cdrom is not auto-mounted, type : mount -F hsfs 3o ro /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0 /mnt (where c1t1d0s0 is an example of your cdrom drive name). 2. Run the installation program by typing the following, then follow the instructions provided: /mnt/stinstall 3. When complete, unmount the CDROM by typing: umount /mnt Updating the Software To update the software connected to the internet, you can automatically check, download and apply updates directly from the Storix Web Server by selecting Help ! Download Software Updates from the user interface. A screen similar to the following will appear: You will have an option of checking for updates only and/or downloading and installing updates. You will have an additional option of automatically applying updates to configured clients. If the system cannot contact the Storix Web Server directly, you may apply updates by re-installing the software using the same instructions used to initially install the software (shown above). When you re-install the software onto the Admin system using the " stinstall " command described above, you will be asked if you wish to install the new software level onto configured clients. Re-installing the software will replace existing program files, but WILL NOT OVERWRITE current configuration or history files. Starting the Software There are three user-interfaces available for performing SBAdmin operations: Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 9 - Version 6.3 User Guide Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 10 - Version 6.3 User Guide 1. Graphical-User (Xwindows) interface (GUI) - This is the interface described in this user guide. To access the graphical user interface, also referred as the c backup administrator d, type: sbadmin & from within an xterm window. If you wish to run the application on a display attached to a different host (perhaps even a PC running an Xwindows emulator), type: sbadmin 3display hostname :0 & (where hostname is the host name of the remote system). It may also be necessary to provide access to the application to write to the display by first typing c xhost + d within an xterm window on the remote system. When starting the administrator software, the Main Screen will appear. 2. Web-based interface 3 This interface is accessed through a web browser and is designed to be similar in use and function to the GUI interface. You must have enabled the web interface when installing the software on the Administrator System. Refer to the SBAdmin Web interface Install Guide for additional details on installing, configuring and starting this interface. 3. Command-line Interface (CLI) 3 This refers to running commands provided with this software at the shell prompt. Commands may only be run when logged on as the root user, or another user already configured using the GUI or Web interface. Various commands may be run on the administrator or client system. Refer to the SBAdmin Commands Reference for details. Enabling Optional Features The optional feature, Backup Data Encryption , may be enabled after the TSM Edition has been installed. To enable this feature, select File ! Preferences ! Software License from the menu bar on the Main Screen . Refer to Software License in the Preferences section for details on viewing and changing the license options. Initial TSM Setup TSM Server The TSM Server software must be at level 5.2 or later. Refer to the TSM documentation for instructions on checking and updating the TSM server. SBAdmin Management Class Before any backup may be performed to TSM, you must define a new management class on the TSM server called SBADMIN. All SBAdmin backups will be stored under this management class. The management class must be defined to disallow versioning of backup objects. The management class must be created using the TSM Integrated Solutions Console or using the following command within dsmadmc : DEFINE MGMTCLASS domain_name policy_set SBADMIN Next, you must turn off file versioning in the BACKUP copygroup of the management class. This is done by setting the number of versions of each file to be kept to c1 d and days to retain inactive versions to c0 d: DEFINE COPYGROUP domain_name policy_set SBADMIN TYPE=BACKUP \ DESTINATION= backup_pool VEREXISTS=1 RETonly=0 Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 11 - Version 6.3 User Guide Once the copygroup and management class are defined we need to activate the policyset with the command: ACTIVATE POLICYSET domain_name policy_set TSM API Client The TSM API Client software is normally installed on each node when the TSM Backup/Archive Client software is installed. This is required by SBAdmin. To check if the API client is installed: On AIX : Ensure the tivoli.tsm.client.api.32bit fileset is installed at level 5.1 or later: lslpp 3l tivoli.tsm.client.api.32bit On Linux : Ensure the TIVsm-API package is installed at level 5.1 or later: rpm 3qa | grep TIV On Solaris : Ensure the TIVsmCapi package is installed: pkginfo 3l TIVsmCapi 2. Introduction System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) is designed to simplify the administration of backups on the local system as well as client backups in a networked environment. TSM Edition provides the ability to perform a Full System Backup of an AIX, Linux or Solaris TSM client to any TSM server . It does so by combining powerful backup tools with an easy-to-use graphical and web-based interface for administering backups of an unlimited number of client systems (nodes) from a central system (TSM Admin system ). Full System Backups created by the System Backup Administrator may be used to reinstall the source system or another system with an entirely different disk configuration. Backups may be automated through the use of a backup scheduler and queuing system, and client systems may be booted from another client (configured as a network boot server ) and installed from backups read directly from the TSM server. In order to accommodate backups of the TSM server itself to alternate media, you may backup one TSM server to another TSM server or you may perform backups to local tape on each client. This applies to both the TSM server and any TSM clients (in case the TSM server is unavailable). This document will provide a description of all of the functions of the SBAdmin 3 TSM Edition , and will include instructions for performing common tasks. For additional detailed information on each option within the application, you may get on-screen help by simply clicking the right mouse button over the object in question. This document is intended only to provide instructions on the use of the SBAdmin graphical user interface. Most tasks may be performed using the Web-based Interface, which is documented in the Storix System Backup Administrator Web-based Interface Install Guide . The remainder of this document provides instructions on the use of the System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) graphical user interface. Most instructions shown here may also be performed using the web-based interface and any compatible web browser. The concepts are the same, but exact instructions differ from when using the GUI interface. When using the web-based interface, refer to the Storix System Backup Administrator Web-Based Interface Install Guide . The Storix System Backup Administrator Commands Reference Guide is also available for information on running commands at the command line, some of which may be used to perform backups, verifies and restores from clients without using the network administrator. It also describes a number of commands which may be used to perform backup administrator-related functions. SBAdmin Terminology It is important to understand the relationship between the different systems that will interact with the Backup Administrator software: " Admin System - This is the system running the TSM Edition software. All clients (nodes) and backup options are configured and managed from the admin system, and the admin system will centrally perform all tasks for the clients, including scheduling and running the backup jobs, monitoring backups, performing verifies and restores, and even recreating volume groups and filesystems. " Server - This is the TSM Server on which the backup media is attached and backups are stored. SBAdmin does not manage the TSM server, so the TSM server may be any type of system. Although there are some considerations on the TSM server, noted in the TSM Server section, the TSM server simply acts as a backup device for all SBAdmin backups, and is not managed by the Admin System . Select this link for more information on configuring the servers used by this application.. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 12 - Version 6.3 User Guide Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 13 - Version 6.3 User Guide " Client - This is the TSM client (node) system from which backups will be made. If the admin system is also a TSM node, it may also be configured as a client. Select this link for detailed information on adding or removing a client . The clients and servers, as well as the client node information may be displayed on the main screen of the application. The application will constantly monitor the status of the clients and servers, and the icons on the screen will represent whether or not the system or device is available. Additional terms are commonly used in this document and in the application: " Backup Profiles - Any number of backup profiles may be created, which will contain the backup defaults to be used when performing a backup job. This prevents the need to answer the same questions repeatedly when configuring backup jobs. Select this link for detailed information on adding or removing a backup profile . " Backup Jobs - A backup job will contain all the information needed to perform a backup, including the client(s) to backup and the server to backup to. A backup profile will be assigned to the job, which will provide most of the common backup defaults. The information in the profile, however, may be customized for each job. A backup job is identified by a Job ID and may be scheduled to run only upon demand, only once at a specific date and time, or scheduled to run on a regular basis. A backup job may contain one or more clients. If multiple clients are included in a single job, the data for all clients is referenced by the same backup ID . Select this link for additional information on creating, scheduling and running backup jobs . " Job Queues - The SBAdmin application provides a queuing system that manages multiple backup jobs, and can prevent too many backups from writing to the same server at the same time. A queue is defined for each server for which a backup job is scheduled. Backup jobs are added to the queues when they are run . The queues may be displayed in the main screen of the application, providing an easy glance at the queue contents and the status of queued jobs, and action buttons for manipulating the queued jobs. The jobs may be started, stopped, removed from the queue or placed on hold. Running jobs may be monitored, displaying the backup progress and/or the backup output messages. Select this link for more detailed information on backup queues and how to manipulate backup jobs in the queue. The SBAdmin System Backup This backup contains the operating system and optionally all user data. User data may be only files in mounted filesystems, or may also contain raw data found in logical volumes ( AIX/Linux ), partitions or meta-disks ( Linux ), disk slices or ZFS volumes ( Solaris ). It is possible to reinstall the entire system from a System Backup, or even use the backup of one client to install another. Select files, directories, logical volumes and volumes groups, and even raw data may be restored from a System Backup. For information the system installation process, refer to the SBAdmin System Recovery Guide . AIX : The system backup contains the rootvg volume group, and may optionally contain some or all of the other volume groups on the system. If the backup is performed to tape , then this tape is also configured to boot to the System Installation process . The System backup may also be configured in the backup profile to be a " Power System Backup ", meaning that all data is backed up and restored as raw logical volume data. Power System backups are much faster than when backing up individual files, but it is only possible to restore an entire filesystem or logical volume, not individual files, from a Power System Backup. SBAdmin and TSM Integration While SBAdmin Network and Workstation Editions provide various levels of backups to local and remote media (tape and disk), the SBAdmin TSM Edition focuses on what TSM customers need most - a full-system backup which can be used for complete system recovery, cloning and hardware migration. This backup can be written Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 14 - Version 6.3 User Guide directly to, and restored directly from, a TSM server . And SBAdmin manages the TSM backups, including the backup retention and deletion. In addition, client backups can be written to local tape on each client. This provides the ability to keep a separate (non-TSM) system backup of any client, including the TSM server system. SBAdmin provides a Tivoli Client API (application program interface), also referred to as an application client within some TSM documentation. Backups performed within TSM use the TSM Backup/Archive client . These backups differ from those performed with SBAdmin using the API client. Backups performed by TSM are not visible within SBAdmin, and SBAdmin backups to the TSM server are not viewable within TSM. However, the same policies which apply to other TSM management classes and storage pools may also apply to SBAdmin backups. TSM Backup Retention SBAdmin writes backups to the c SBADMIN d Management Class , which must be defined on the TSM server . Having a separate management class for SBAdmin backups ensures that certain requires policies are enforced, and allows you to assign a separate storage pool to SBAdmin backups than those used for other TSM backups. While other TSM backups place each separate file in a backup image, and provide version control for each individual file, SBAdmin backups use a single image for each filesystem or raw device (i.e. logical volume or partition) that is backed up. SBAdmin backups, therefore, contain much less catalog space on the TSM server, and add little management workload to the server. SBAdmin backups do not allow versioning control by the TSM server. This is because each SBAdmin backup has a unique object name. SBAdmin backup retention policies will provide the ability to control the number of backups retained on the server, as well as the age of the backups. Backups are automatically deleted from the server only when replaced by more recent backups. Shared Versus Owner Access SBAdmin backups to a TSM server may be designated as either shared access or owner access when the backup is created. Backups created with shared access may be restored by any other client (node). This provides the ability to create master backups which may be used for cloning, provisioning, or migration of operating systems, volume groups, filesystems, etc, to different hardware. If a backup is created with owner access, only the original node will be able to read from that backup. TSM Server Authentication The TSM Admin System configured for SBAdmin must be a TSM node itself (may also be the server). On the admin system, you will define the TSM clients (nodes) and the TSM servers . SBAdmin does not use the TSM client options file (dsm.opt) nor the TSM client system options file (dsm.sys) defined for other applications. Instead, all clients and servers are defined on a single system (the admin system) and are copied to the clients as needed. When a server is defined on the admin system , a TSM Administrative User name and password must be defined also. This TSM Administrative user must have been previously configured within TSM to have System, Storage or Policy authority. This administrative user will be used to manage the backups performed by SBAdmin. The administrative username and password is stored in a protected and encrypted file on the admin system and is never sent over the network or saved on any of the clients. Client passwords must be defined on the admin system if the node uses PasswordAccess c prompt d to access the server. In this case, the node password will be copied from the admin system to a protected file on the client and passed to the server whenever the client accesses the server. If the node uses PasswordAccess c generate d, the node password need not be defined on the admin system (assuming the node has previously accessed the server and therefore has already created a TSM encrypted password Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 15 - Version 6.3 User Guide file. This is the preferred method of server authentication since it does not require the admin system to store a copy of each node 9s password. Additional Notes 1. Tivoli storage manager exclude list processing does not affect SBAdmin backups. You must define your exclude lists (files, directories, filesystems or devices to exclude) within SBAdmin. 2. The compression option in the TSM server options will be ignored if you have set a SBAdmin backup job to use compression. To use TSM compression, turn off SBAdmin compression and turn on the compression option in the server options. 3. LAN-free backups are not supported. 4. Communication method of cshared d (shared memory) is not supported. This option would only allow a backup of the TSM server to itself, which would be useless for full system recovery of the TSM server. 5. The Tivoli environment variables used by TSM and other API client applications are not used by SBAdmin. These include DSMI_CONFIG, DSMI_DIR and DSMI_LOG . Configuration files are generated on the admin system and transferred to each client automatically. SBAdmin uses its own TSM configuration files in the / storix /config/tsm directory (where /storix is the data directory defined when you initially installed the software). This prevents any conflicts with other software using the TSM API client. 3. The Backup Administrator User Interface The SBAdmin User Interface is used for all configuration options, including servers, clients, jobs, profiles, etc. It is also used for the monitoring of job queues, displaying job status, backup output messages, and backup history. After all backup jobs are configured and scheduled, they will continue to run even if the SBAdmin interface is not running. Backup jobs may also be manually started, monitored or controlled from the command line when the interface is not running, and can be monitored or controlled after the administrator is restarted. Ordinarily, messages regarding the status of the backup jobs are reported on the screen. If, however, the Backup Administrator interface is not running when a job is run, the status messages will be reported using an alternate notification method, which may be defined by the user. The Main Screen The following is a sample of the Main Screen , which appears when the application is first started. The options at the top of the screen (File, Configure, etc) are called contained in the menu bar . Click on any of the menu bar options to display a pull-down menu of options in each category. When selecting an option from the menu bar, a new screen, or window , will appear with additional optional options that apply to the menu selection. At the bottom of the screen is the status bar . This contains clights d that will show green, yellow or read, indicating if there is backup job in the queue that is either running, pending (waiting) or failed, respectively. It also contains buttons to View Log (of backup status messages not already displayed) or View Queues (a shortcut to the Job Queue Display shown on the next page). The remainder of the screen will vary depending on the " Display " option chosen from the menu bar: " The Clients & Servers display is shown below. In this example, several clients and servers have already been configured. The application continually checks the availability of the systems, and displays an icon that represents both the client system type ( A = AIX , L = Linux, S =Solaris ) and whether or not the system is available ( Green =available, Red =not available). Since it may not be possible to determine the Server System type, a blue server icon ( l ) is displayed if the server is available, which will display in red if the server cannot be contacted. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 16 - Version 6.3 User Guide A client may be selected by clicking the left mouse button on the icon next to the client hostname. Likewise, a server may be selected by clicking the mouse button on the server icon. The selected client or server will appear with a highlighted background. The action buttons at the bottom of the screen apply to the selected client and/or server. They provide a shortcut to performing the same tasks that can be performed from various options within the menu bar. If you want to display the backup labels for all backups stored on the server, you must select a server and a client (original owner of backups to display), then press the c Read Label from Media d button. " The Job Information Display provides a quick glance at the jobs that are configured. The left-most display area shows the job icons. The green calendar represents a job is that is scheduled. The red calendar represents jobs that are not scheduled to run. By clicking on a job icon, the job information and schedule information, if any, is displayed in the right two display areas, and the job name is highlighted. The action buttons at the bottom apply to the selected job. They are shortcuts for various job-related functions. The Job Actions buttons perform the same job operations available from the Action menu on the menu bar. The Run Now button will place the selected job in the queue (even if it is scheduled to run at another time), and it will be run as soon as the server and device assigned to the job are available. Each of these functions is described in detail in the section Schedule or Run Backup Jobs. The Job History buttons may be used to view backup labels , status/output messages or a history report for previously run jobs. " The Job Queue Display provides a look at the jobs that are currently in the queues. A queue is shown in the left-most display area, which consists of the backup server and the device name. When you click on a queue, the selected queue is highlighted, and the jobs in the selected queue are displayed in the middle display area. The Job Queue Display may be shown by choosing Display ! Job Queues from the menu-bar or selecting the View Queues button on the status-bar. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 17 - Version 6.3 User Guide You may then click on a particular job to display the job information, including the status of the job. Both the queue and job icons represent the status of the job. The Queue Actions buttons at the bottom of the screen may be used to manipulate the selected job. The Active Job buttons include the ability to kill a running job or display the status or output messages of a running or failed job. All of these functions and a list of any possible icons or status messages are described in detail in the Job Queues section. Closing Windows A common icon which appears at the bottom of each window is: Cancel button After making changes to information on any screen, use the cancel button to cancel the changes and close the window. Avoid using the window-manager button (usually at the top-left of the window) to close windows as this does not always perform the entire cleanup needed. The Cancel button does not appear on the Main Screen . From the Main Screen, you should always use the File " Exit option on the menu bar to exit the application, and you may use the icons in the title bar for other window manager functions, such as iconifying the window. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 18 - Version 6.3 User Guide 4. Configuring Users To install and initially configure your software license for SBAdmin, you must be logged onto the system as the c root d user. You may continue to perform all other backup configuration and administration tasks using SBAdmin while logged in as root. However, it is often desirable to allow other users on the system without root access to perform the backup configuration and administration tasks, without giving them root access to other applications and system functions. It is not necessary to configure other users if the person performing the backup tasks is logged on as root . By using this option, you may indicate which users, while logged into the system, may perform SBAdmin functions. These functions will include: " Starting the administrator ( sbadmin program) " Performing all tasks within the administrator (configuration, backup, restore, etc) " Execution of SBAdmin commands at the command line (as described in the Command Reference Guide ) Note that the user may perform only the above operations, and there is no way for the user to execute commands outside of SBAdmin, either local or remote, except for those commands indicated in the Commands Reference Guide. Adding a User To add a user, select Configure ! Users from the menu bar. A screen such as the following example will appear: From this screen, simply type the name of the user to add in the entry field and press the Add button. When finished, press the Cancel button at the bottom. Removing a User Note that removing a user from the list will not prevent the user from logging into the system. Click Configure ! Users from the menu bar. Select the name of the user to remove from the list and press the Remove button. When finished, press the Cancel button at the bottom. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 19 - Version 6.3 User Guide 5. Configuring Clients A client is defined as any TSM node that will be backed up using SBAdmin. If backups are to be performed of the TSM Admin system itself, then it should also be configured as a client. Any number of clients may be added to the administrator as long as the total number of clients does not exceed the number of clients licensed to SBAdmin. Note that the administrator itself also includes a client license, so it may be configured as a client or server without using one of your additional client licenses. Adding a Client Any client may be added to the administrator by simply adding its hostname. However, the number of clients which may be added is dependent on the number of clients the administrator is licensed for. Also, any client hostname may be added, but the client is only accessible to the administrator after the software has been installed and configured onto the client system as well. The following information is needed before configuring a TSM client: Node Name (required) Password (required if using PasswordAccess cprompt d on the server) To add a client, select one of the following form the menu bar: " Configure ! Clients " Click the Add Client button at the bottom of the Main Screen when the Clients & Servers are displayed. After selecting the appropriate option above, the following window will be displayed: To add a new client, enter the hostname of the client in the entry field at the top. Note that the hostname you enter may be a simple hostname (i.e. ariel ), a full domain name ( goofy.storix.com ) or IP Address and must be known to the admin system . Then select any optional features that apply to this client. When you 9ve made your selections, select Save to save. Storix System Backup Administrator 3 TSM Edition - 20 - Version 6.3 User Guide To change an existing client, you may type the client name, or use the arrow button to the left of the field to select from a list of configured clients. You may then select or deselect optional features, change other entries, change the TSM password of the client on the server, or remove the client. TSM Node Name and Password You must enter the nodename of the client in the NODEname field. This is the name of the client system as known to the TSM server. The password of the client will be require if the PasswordAccess option of the TSM server is set to c prompt d, since the password must be provided with each command executed between the client and server. This password will be stored on the client in a protected file, and in non- textual form, for use by SBAdmin commands. Set or Reset the Node 9s Password This screen can also be used to set or reset the password of the node on the server by selecting the TSM Server

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