Today is my first day of the 5 days ‘Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation and Administration’ training (course TS611). More TSM training info can be found at : http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/education/
The things that I don’t like TSM so far are 1) TSM does not offer a push method installation of TSM client, 2) TSM does not integrate with AD authentication.
Unit 1: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Overview
Lesson 1: Protecting Data
TSM Components
Interface
– Administration Center GUI: Tivoli Integration Portal Logon
– Backup-archive client GUI: dsm (Windows)/ dsmj (Unix)
– Web client GUI: port 1581
– Backup-archive command line: dsmc
– TSM server command line: dsmadmc
Server instance: Multiple instances can run on the same physical box
Scheduler: Runs on both server and client
Backup-archive client: installed on node and supports encryption (can not de-duplicate encrypted data)
TSM database: DB2, where meta data is stored. The heart of the TSM system
TSM recovery log: scratch pad for the database
Storage pools: Pools can be chained to create storage hierarchy
Policies: determined by the business requirements
Backup and restore functions
Progressive incremental backup: incremental backup forever
Archive and retrieve functions
Capability of archiving for 30 years
Administrator authority
– System privileges: All TSM server task
– Storage privileges: Database, recovery log and storage pool management
– Operator privileges: Commands for server availability, resource usage, and physical media management
– Policy privileges: Policy domain, policy set, management class, copy group, and schedule management
– Node privileges: Client actions, product usage, and activity monitoring
Administration Center (AC) on Tivoli Integration Portal (TIP)
URL: https://<server name>:16316/ibm/console
Benefits of TSM AC: Centralized web administration of multiple TSM servers
Scheduling component: administrative scheduling and backup-archive client scheduling
Lesson 2: Data Storage
Storage media
supported media: Tape, WORM, Optical, Disk, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, File, VTL
TSM Related products
for Mail, for Databases, for MS SharePoint …
Disaster recovery manager
Prepare recovery plan, manage off-site volumes and track media
Lesson 3: Licensing for TSM servers
– Basic version: tsmbasic.lic
– Extended edition: tsmee.lic (manage more than 48 tape slots, 4 tape drivers)
– Data Retention: dataret.lic
Unit 2: Installing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Lesson 1: Installation overview
Reference: www.redbooks.ibm.com
TSM Server components
System requirements
JRE 1.5 or later
Supported platforms
IBM Aix, HP UX, Windows, Solaris, OS, Linux
TSM AC and TIP Requirements
Tivoli Common Reporting setup
Reporting server uses DB2 9.5, so it can not be on the same server as TSM. As TSM uses DB2 9.7
Lesson 2: Installation and initial configuration
Windows GUI or silent installation (install.exe –r C:\response.rsp)
Selecting the components to install
Directories and user ID for the server instance
Instance Directory
Database Directory
Recovery Log Directories:
– Active log (MAX 512 GB, full DB backup cleans the log)
– Archive log (3-4 times of the active log)
– Active log mirror (optional)
– Archiving failover log (optional)
User ID: Windows service account/ Naming convention rules
Following the installation wizard steps
The Administrative CLI needs to be installed separately
Checking the installation log
Configuring TSM
Run dsmicfgx to create instance
Specifying an instance user ID
Password must be at least 8 characters long
Choosing a location for the instance directory
Consider putting the database on a separate disks from the logs
The supported DB2 database size limit is 1 TB
Specifying the recovery log directories
The default size of active log is 16 GB
Specifying server information
Specifying administrator credentials
The administrator name must contain both alphabetic and numeric characters
Setting up server and client communications
Default port is 1500
Specifying server options
dsmserv.opt provides the communication parameters and options, and it affects:
– Server communications
– Storage
– Database and recovery log operations
– Client transaction performance
SETOPT makes change active immediately
Starting the server instance
dsmserv –k server_key (the default is Server1)
* Make sure there is no tapes mounted or jobs running before halting the server
Registering the license
register license file=tsmee.lic
* TSM does not support cross platform upgrade
Creating a new server instance in the AC
Manually configuring the TSM server
Create a new server option (dsmserv.opt) –> Define database and recovery log (dsmserv format) –> Start the server (dsmserv) –> Register the TSM license
Uninstall TSM
The following steps must be done before uninstalling:
– Perform a full database backup
– Save a copy of the volume history and device configuration files
– Store the output volumes in a safe location
Lesson 3: TSM AC and TIP
https://<server name>:16316/ibm/console (16316 is the default port, TIP determines 10 more ports based on the first port)
Lesson 4: Backup-archive client installation
Installing the backup-archive client
To install administrative client command lien, you must choose ‘custom setup’ option
Configuring the web client
Automatic deployment for Windows clients updates
Lesson 5: Reporting
TSM for Reporting Monitoring
Separate installation process, and can monitor up to 5 servers
Reporting components
– DB2 9.5
– Tivoli Monitoring: Enterprise Portal, Enterprise Management server and Data Warehouse
– TSM Monitoring Agent
– TSM AC
– Tivoli Common Reporting
Lesson 6: The QUERY command
– query status
– query stgpool
– query db
– query log
– query option
– query actlog
Unit 3: Administrative interface and privileges
Lesson 1: Interfaces for TSM
5 interfaces to access TSM
Lesson 2: TIP and AC
Benefit of using AC: easier, single login …
Health Monitor
Enterprise Management
Storage Devices
Client Nodes and Backup Sets
Policy Domain
Server Maintenance
Reporting
Disaster Recovery Manager (a component of TSM EE)
Lesson 3: Using TIP to manage TSM
Lesson 4: TSM GUI
Backup-archive GUI
dsm
Web backup-archive GUI
port 1581
Lesson 5: Command Lines
Backup-archive command line
C:\program files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmc
Administrative command line
C:\program files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmadmc
Console mode: dsmadmc –consolemode
Lesson 6: Administrator authority
Registering an administrator
REGister Admin userid password FORCEPwreset=No|Yes Contact=contactinfo
Managing administrative authority
– Grant authority
– Revoke authority
Removing an administrator
REMove Admin userid
Lesson 7: Export or import server
Export Admin
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