Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Administrator's Guide


Chapter 9. Adding Client Nodes

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

The TSM 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 TSM server and requires an option file with a pointer to the server.

For details on many of the topics in this chapter, refer to Tivoli Storage Manager Installing the Clients. Administrators can perform the following activities when managing TSM 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 the TSM command line interface. For information about the TSM commands, see Administrator's Reference, or issue the HELP command from the command line of a TSM administrative client.

All of the TSM commands can be performed from the administrative Web interface. For more information about using the administrative interface, see Quick Start.


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