Solaris TSM 5.5 Installation Instructions
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Overview
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) is enterprise level software that provides a data backup and restoration service for departmental servers. The following instructions provide a step-by-step guide to installing TSM 5.4 on a Solaris system.
Instructions
1. A member of the Enterprise Recovery Group needs to add your system, hereafter called node, to the server using the administrator GUI, and then add the node to the appropriate schedule.
2. If your node already has TSM, delete the schedule line in /etc/inittab and stop the scheduler service.
3. Access Tivoli Storage Manager help document for current IBM TSM client downloads.
4. Download all files to /tmp corresponding to latest version of Solaris client. Refer to the README files for system hardware and software requirements, warnings, news, and known bug fixes (APAR's).
5. Save the dsm.opt and dsm.sys files to /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin . Finally, if you're updating to a new version, de-install the program using the commands below.
For older TSM versions, use the command below to remove the program:
pkgrm TIVsmCba TIVsmCapi TIVsmCdoc
For ADSM versions, use the command below to remove the program:
pkgrm IBMadsm-w IBMadsm-c IBMadsm-a IBMadsm-h
6. Use a web browser to access this web site; where dsm.opt, dsm.sys and inclexcl.dsm sample files are located: https://its2.unc.edu/esm/backup/TSM_Clients/Solaris/.
7. As root , run the following commands:
zcat ./IP22734.tar.Z | tar xvf -
pkgadd -d /tmp/TIVguid.pkg
pkgadd -d /tmp/TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi
pkgadd -d /tmp/TIVsmCba.pkg TIVsmCba
If you want documentation:
pkgadd -d /tmp/TIVsmCdoc.pkg TIVsmCdoc
Answer y to all questions.
8. Access the previous URL in Step 6 and copy the inclexcl.dsm file to /etc .
9. Modify the dsm.opt , dsm.sys and inclexcl.dsm files customizing each for your system.
10. Copy the /etc/inclexcl.dsm file. Add or subtract exclude lines as appropriate to the new system.
11. Type the command dsm . If it comes back with a TCP/IP communication failure, just hit okay and retype dsm . At the prompt type the password, then exit and retype dsm . If it doesn't ask for a password, the client is installed correctly.
12. TSM needs port 1500 (communication from client to backup server) and port 1501 (communication from backup server to client) open in the firewall, which allows the backup server to initiate automated backups.
13. To install the client scheduler, add the following line to the /etc/inittab file:
ad:234:respawn:/usr/bin/dsmc sched >/dev/null 2>&1
14. Then run the following command from the /etc directory:
./telinit q
This will cause the program to rerun its inittab and start a client schedule daemon. To verify the daemon is running, run the command:
ps -ef | grep dsm
To verify the client scheduler log is working run the following command:
more /var/adm/dsmsched.log
15. The next day, check the results of the dsmsched.log file. If you have any errors, contact the TSM administrator. Daily monitoring of your client is handled by our automated systems. Please alert the TSM administrator to hardware or software changes to your system that may impact your backups.
Additional Information
For further information about TSM, or instructions for installing it on other systems, please see our list of Tivoli Storage Manager.
Document Overview
Tags: ESM , Solaris , TSM , backup , storageSubjects: Data Storage , Backup and Recovery
Audience: Everyone
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