Configuring the backup-archive client to protect FastBack client data
You can configure the backup-archive client to protect FastBack client data by using the client configuration wizard.
Before you can use the IBM Spectrum Protect™ Client Configuration wizard for FastBack, you must complete the following tasks:
- Ensure that either the FastBack server, or the FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub, is installed and configured for short-term data retention.
- Also ensure that at least one snapshot has been taken.
- Ensure that the backup-archive client is properly configured with the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Also make sure that the client acceptor service (dsmcad.exe) is running. You can use the IBM Spectrum Protect Client Configuration wizard in the backup-archive client GUI, after you install the backup-archive client.
- Complete a one-time post-installation setup for these purposes:
- To specify the FastBack user name and password to be used by the wizard, to query and mount volumes from the FastBack repository
- To run IBM Spectrum Protect scheduler scripts
- Set up the FastBack credentials file. The user ID
that you specify must have Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack administrative authority.
- Configure the user ID and password. Run the following command on the workstation where the
backup-archive client and FastBack server or Disaster
Recovery Hub are
installed:
cd <TSM_FastBack_install_location>\FastBack\shell
where <TSM_FastBack_install_location> is the directory location where the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client is installed.
- If it does not exist, create a folder called FastbackTSMScripts under the
system drive of the workstation, using the following
command:
mkdir <machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts
- Run the fastbackshell
command:
FastBackShell -c encrypt -u userName -d domain -p password -f <machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts\credential.txt
The following options are used in the preceding command example:
- -u specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator user name.
- -p specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator password.
- -d specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack domain for the user name.
- -f specifies the output file where the encrypted credentials are to be written.
Important: The credentials file must be generated with the name "credential.txt". The credentials file must also be located in the FastbackTSMScripts directory of the system drive of the workstation, for the wizard to function properly. - Configure the user ID and password. Run the following command on the workstation where the
backup-archive client and FastBack server or Disaster
Recovery Hub are
installed:
You can use the client configuration wizard in the backup-archive client Java™ GUI or the backup-archive web client.
Follow these steps to use the client configuration wizard in the Java GUI:
- Ensure that the backup-archive client is properly configured with the IBM Spectrum Protect server.
- The configuration wizard starts automatically to create the configuration file.
- Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
- From the backup-archive client GUI main window, select .
- From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data and click Next.
- Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.
Follow these steps to start the client configuration wizard in the web client:
- Ensure that the web client is properly configured with the IBM
Spectrum Protect server, and that the IBM
Spectrum Protect client acceptor service is running.
To configure the web client, follow these steps:
- From the backup-archive client GUI main window in the Java GUI, click .
- From the welcome page, select Help me configure the Web Client and click Next. Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
- Start the web client. In your web browser, specify the client node name and port number where
the client acceptor service is running.
For example: http://<machine_name_or_ip_address>:1585
- From the backup-archive client GUI main window, click .
- From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data, and click Next.
- Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.