Registering your node by using open registration

In open registration, the root user registers your workstation as a client node with the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server. Your workstation must be registered before anyone can use an IBM Spectrum Protect client on that node.

About this task

Open registration has the following features:

  • Your client node is assigned to a policy domain named STANDARD.
  • The root user can set the appropriate value for the compression option in your dsm.sys file.
  • The root user can delete archived copies, but not backup versions, of files from IBM Spectrum Protect storage. Users can delete archived files that they own.
Note: Your IBM Spectrum Protect administrator can change these defaults at any time.
Follow these steps to register your workstation with the IBM Spectrum Protect server:

Procedure

  1. Start a session with the command-line interface by issuing the dsmc command.
  2. When you are prompted for information to register your workstation with a server that is identified in your dsm.sys file, supply the following information:
    • If a password is required, supply a password.
    • Supply contact information, such as your name, user ID, and telephone number
  3. To register your workstation with more servers, issue the dsmc command with the servername option for each server. For example, where dsmserv is the name of a server that you identified in your dsm.sys file, issue the command: 
      dsmc -servername=dsmserv
  4. Enter information at the prompts to register your workstation with the server that you specify.