Starting FastBack Manager

Before you begin

(Windows® only) Installing the FastBack Server and FastBack Client on the same system is not a supported configuration. However, if you install the server and client on the same system in a test environment, before you start FastBack Manager, enable the SAN Module option. When you install the FastBack Client, by default, the SAN Module option is disabled. For more information about enabling the SAN Module option, see Connecting client to server.

About this task

To start FastBack Manager, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Use one of the following procedures:
- (Windows only) From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Tivoli Storage Manager > FastBack > FastBack Manager.
- (Linux® only) Click on the FastBack Manager icon on the desktop or complete the following steps in the Linux client:
  1. Change the current directory to the following directory: <install_directory>/manager
    The default <install_directory> path is /opt/IBM/Tivoli/TSM/FastBack/
  2. Run the following command:
```
./manager/fastbackmanager.sh
```
  3. Enter the FastBack Server IP address.
In the login window, type your user name. The default user name is admin. The authorization policy is case sensitive. Letters must be typed using the correct case.
Type your password. The default password is admin123. The authorization policy is case sensitive. Letters must be typed using the correct case.
Select a domain. The default domain is XPRESS-RESTORE. After you select the domain, the configuration is loaded.
Click Login. A message is displayed.
If this is the first time you start the FastBack Manager, you can click Add Repository to identify a repository. If you do not want to identify a repository, click Cancel.
Important: For Linux systems, a Windows share is mounted by using the forward slash character (/). However, for FastBack Mount on Linux, the backslash character (\) is required to mount the repository.

After FastBack Manager is displayed, you can add a repository by selecting General Configuration > Storage Pool > Repository Pool. From the pop-up menu, you can add or claim a repository. For more information, including details about the maximum volume size, see Add Repository wizard.

For more information about configuring and using Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack, see Backing up and restoring.

Results

If the FastBack Manager does not connect to the FastBack Server and the FastBack Server is running on a system that is part of an Active Directory domain, complete the following steps:

Change the Active Directory settings to allow for anonymous enumeration SID and name translations.
Log off.
Log on.
Restart the FastBack Server service.
Grant the FastBack Server service administrative rights by changing the logon as properties for the FastBack Server service to an Active Directory administrator account.