Configuring the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client

You can configure the IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager client on the Virtual I/O Server.

With Virtual I/O Server 1.4, you can install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager client on the Virtual I/O Server. With Tivoli Storage Manager, you can protect your data from failures and other errors by storing backup and disaster-recovery data in a hierarchy of offline storage. Tivoli Storage Manager can help protect computers running a variety of different operating environments, including the Virtual I/O Server, on a variety of different hardware, including IBM System p® servers. Configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager client on the Virtual I/O Server enables you to include the Virtual I/O Server in your standard backup framework.

Before you start, ensure that the Virtual I/O Server is installed. The Tivoli Storage Manager client is packaged with the Virtual I/O Server and is installed when the Virtual I/O Server is installed. For instructions, see Installing the Virtual I/O Server.

To configure and start the Tivoli Storage Manager client, complete the following steps:

List all of the available Tivoli Storage Manager clients using the lssvc command. For example,
```
$lssvc
TSM_base
```
Based on the output of the lssvc command, decide which Tivoli Storage Manager client you want to configure. For example, TSM_base
List all of the attributes that are associated with the Tivoli Storage Manager client using the cfgsvc command. For example:
```
$cfgsvc –ls TSM_base
 SERVERNAME
SERVERIP
NODENAME
```
Configure the Tivoli Storage Manager client with its associated attributes using the cfgsvc command:
```
cfgsvc TSM_client_name -attr SERVERNAME=hostname SERVERIP=name_or_address NODENAME=vios 
```
Where:
- TSM_client_name is the name of the Tivoli Storage Manager client. For example, TSM_base.
- hostname is the host name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is associated.
- name_or_address is the IP address or domain name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is associated.
- vios is the name of the machine on which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is installed. The name must match the name registered on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Ask the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to register the client node, the Virtual I/O Server, with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. To determine what information you must provide to the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator, see the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX® and Linux® Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User’s Guide.

After you are finished, you are ready to back up and restore the Virtual I/O Server using the Tivoli Storage Manager.