Configuring the client to back up and archive Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack data

Before you can back up or archive Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack client data, you must complete configuration tasks.

First ensure that you have configured the backup-archive client and that you installed the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client.

Install the FastBack client by using the information at IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Fastback.

After you install the FastBack client, complete the following tasks:

After you install the FastBack client, complete the following tasks. You can also use the Client Configuration wizard for Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack.

1. Register a node for each FastBack client where data is backed up or archived. The node name must be the short host name of the FastBack client.

   This is a one-time configuration performed once for each FastBack client whose volumes need to be backed up or archived.

   This registration step must be performed manually only when the Tivoli Storage Manager client is used as a stand-alone application.

   The Administration Center does this node registration automatically when the user creates schedules for archiving or backing up FastBack data using the Administration Center. Starting with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 7.1, the Administration Center component is no longer included in Tivoli Storage Manager distributions. FastBack users who have an Administration Center from a previous server release can continue to use it to create and modify FastBack schedules. If you do not already have an Administration Center installed, you can download the previously-released version from ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/admincenter/v6r3/. If you do not have an Administration Center installed, you must create and modify FastBack schedules on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. For information about creating schedules on the server, see the Tivoli Storage Manager server documentation.

2. Use the server GRANT PROXY command to grant proxy authority to your current Tivoli Storage Manager client node on each node representing a FastBack client created in step 1. The FastBack node should be the target, and the current client node should be the proxy.

   This is a one-time configuration, and is performed by the Administration Center if the backup or archive is initiated by the Administration Center.

3. Run the set password command to store the credentials of the FastBack repositories where the backup-archive client connects. Run the set password -type=fastback command once for each repository where the backup-archive client is expected to connect.
   The credentials that are stored depends on these configurations:

   • Backup-archive client on a FastBack server
   • Backup-archive client on a FastBack DR Hub
   • Backup-archive client on a dedicated proxy workstation

For information about integrating Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack, see Integrating Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack and Tivoli Storage Manager.