Managed System for SAN Storage Agent User's Guide

Set Installation Data for the Storage Agent: DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER

Purpose

Use this utility on the client system where the storage agent has been installed. The utility adds communication information to the device configuration file and the dsmsta.opt file for the storage agent. See Install and Configure the Storage Agent for more information on when to use this command.

This utility does not remove any previous entries in the files. It appends information to the existing files. The option devconfig, to set a name for the device configuration file, must exist in the dsmsta.opt file for the command to work. See the example for details on the information that the command adds.

Format

>>-DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER----MYName--=--storage_agent_name----->
 
>-----MYPAssword--=--storage_agent_password--------------------->
 
>-----SERVERName--=--server_name-------------------------------->
 
>-----SERVERPAssword--=--server_password------------------------>
 
>-----HLAddress--=--server_tcpip_address------------------------>
 
>-----HLAddress--=--server_tcpip_port--------------------------><
 

Parameters

All parameters are required.

MYName
Specifies the name of the storage agent. This name appears in the SET STANAME command that is inserted into the device configuration file.
Note:You must use the same name when you define the storage agent as a server to the TSM server.

MYPAssword
Specifies the password of the storage agent. This value is encrypted and used in the SET STAPASSWORD command that is inserted into the device configuration file.
Note:You must use the same password when you define the storage agent as a server to the TSM server.

SERVERName
Specifies the name of the TSM server. This name appears in the DEFINE SERVER command that is inserted into the device configuration file.

SERVERPAssword
Specifies the password of the server. This value is encrypted and appears in the SERVERPASSWORD field of the DEFINE SERVER command that is inserted into the device configuration file.

HLAddress
Specifies the TCP/IP address of the server. This value is used in the HLADDRESS field of the DEFINE SERVER command.

LLAddress
Specifies the TCP/IP port on which to access the server. This value is used in the LLADDRESS field of the DEFINE SERVER command.

Examples

Issue the DSMSTA SETSTORAGESERVER command with the following information:

The command is:

dsmsta setstorageserver myname=iris mypassword=jonquil
 servername=garden serverpassword=botanical
 hladdress=garden.tucson.tivoli.com lladdress=1500

The command generates the following lines in the device configuration file for the storage agent:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|SET STANAME iris                                                                |
|SET STAPASSWORD xxxxxxx                                                         |
|DEFINE SERVER garden serverpassword=xxxxxxxx                                    |
| HLADDRESS=garden.tucson.tivoli.com LLADDRESS=1500                              |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

The passwords (shown here as xxxxxxxx) are encrypted in the file.

The command also generates the following line in the dsmsta.opt file for the storage agent:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|SERVERNAME garden                                                               |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


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