It is a little painful to deploy the TSM BA client, as you are not able to push the client from the server. Instead, you have to login into each target server and manually install the client. There are three types of client: command line, fat GUI client, web-based GUI client. 1) Install JRE first. … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Backup-Archive Client →

There are two ways to manage TSM server: Command line or GUI. 1) If you use command line which I think is the better way. You need to install the Administrative client. Double click ‘C:\TSM_Images\TSM_BA_Client_6.3.0.5\setup.exe’ Make sure you enable ‘Administrative Client Command Line’. 2) Configure the client option file. Copy ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\config\dsm.smp’ to ‘C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\’ … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Server Part 2 →

I am going to show you how to build a TSM 6.3 server step by step. 1) Plan your server configurations. Here is my sandbox server’s configurations. In the production environment, you need higher configuration, e.g. minimum 12 GB RAM (16 GB RAM if using deduplication). 2) Install JRE. 3) In my example, I save … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Install Server Part 1 →

I noticed that TSM is unable to handle the redundant path to the tape library. As the path to the library is hardcoded in the configuration something like: def libr TS3500 libtype=SCSI def path TSMServer TS3500 srct=server destt=library device=lb4.1.0.5 But if you are lucky, the path failover can be handled by the device drivers. In … Continue reading TSM Path Failover →

If you use the data deduplication feature of Tivoli Storage Manager, I would recommend you to read the following article, very helpful! Original Link: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivolistoragemanager/Data+deduplication+best+practices+for+Tivoli+Storage+Manager+V6.2  Introduction Data deduplication technology that was introduced in Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 and further enhanced with source-side (client) deduplication in Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2 provides the following two primary benefits: … Continue reading Data Deduplication Best Practices for Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2 →