After installing, you must configure Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager for VMware for
your environment. The setup script and the profile, target volume,
and password configuration files are used to configure Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware to
operate in different environments.
About this task
To configure Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware you
must use the setup script to create and edit the profile and password
files. In addition, you must edit the target volumes file, by using
an editor of your choice.
- The profile file
- The profile file is stored in $HOME/tdpvmware/config/profile where $HOME is
the home directory of the user name created during the installation.
It contains all the profile parameters used to configure the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware.
In the profile file, parameters are categorized into GLOBAL, ACSD,
VMWARE, VMCLI, and DEVICE_CLASS sections.
- The target volumes file
- You must create and edit the target volumes file for DS8000® systems.
The target volumes file is required and specifies the target volumes
to be used for a Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware backup
operation. For Storwize
V7000 and SAN Volume Controller storage
systems, you can use either the TARGET_NAMING parameter
or the target volumes file. The target volumes file is not required
for other storage systems.
- The password file
- You must set or modify passwords by using the setup script, setup.sh.
The passwords are stored in the password file.
- The setup script, setup.sh.
- This script creates, changes, and updates the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware profile
file and sets and changes passwords.