- Overview of clients and servers as nodes
Each backup-archive client, Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (HSM client), application client, and source server is given a node name when it is registered as a node with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The server considers each as a node that requires services and resources from the server. - Installing client node software
Administrators can install backup-archive clients, application clients, or Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management clients by using three different methods. - Registering nodes with the server
Administrators can register Tivoli Storage Manager clients, application clients, and Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (HSM clients) as client nodes. - Connecting nodes with the server
The client options file connects each node to the server. Administrators and users on all platforms can modify their client options file (dsm.opt) with a text editor. Client options files can be updated differently across platforms. 
Updating the password for scheduling operations
Administrators can determine passwords when they register the nodes.- Creating or updating a client options file
Creating or updating client options files depends on the client platform. You might use a text editor, the client configuration wizard, or the client options file wizard. - Comparing network-attached nodes to local nodes
A Tivoli Storage Manager environment can be either a server and client on the same server (stand-alone environment) or a server and network-attached clients (network environment). - Adding clients through the administrative command line client
The administrator can register nodes by issuing the REGISTER NODE command. For more information, refer to the Administrator's Reference.
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