For both the web client GUI and the client command line
interface, you must specify passwordaccess=generate (which
is a current web client restriction for the client node) and set
authentication=on must be specified at the server.
You are always prompted for a user ID and password. To display
NAS nodes and perform NAS functions, you must enter an authorized
administrative user ID and password. The authorized administrative
user ID should have at least client owner authority over both the
NAS node and the client workstation node they are using either from
command line or from the web.
You can use the toc option with the include.fs.nas option
in the client options file to specify whether Tivoli® Storage Manager saves
Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. If
you save TOC information, you can use Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows web client to examine
the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore.
Creation of a TOC requires that you define the TOCDESTINATION attribute
in the backup copy group for the management class to which this backup
image is bound. Note that TOC creation requires additional processing,
network resources, storage pool space, and possibly a mount point
during the backup operation.
To back up NAS file systems using the web client GUI:
- Click Backup from the main window. The Backup window
is displayed.
- Expand the directory tree if necessary.
Note: - The root node called Nodes is not selectable.
This node only appears if a NAS plug-in is present on the client workstation.
- NAS nodes display on the same level as the client workstation
node. Only nodes for which the administrator has authority appear.
- You can expand NAS nodes to reveal file spaces, but no further
expansion is available (no file names).
- Click the selection boxes next to the nodes or file systems you
want to back up.
- Click the type of backup you want to perform in the backup type
pull-down menu. The NAS backup type list is active only when you first
select NAS backup objects. Full backup backs
up the entire file system. Differential backs
up the changes since the most recent full backup.
- Click Backup. The NAS Backup Task
List window displays the backup processing status and progress
bar. The number next to the progress bar indicates the number of bytes
backed up so far. After the backup completes, the NAS Backup
Report window displays processing details, including the
actual size of the backup, including the total bytes backed up.
Note: If
it is necessary to close the web browser session, current NAS operations
continue after disconnect. You can use the Dismiss button
on the NAS Backup Task List window to quit monitoring
processing without ending the current operation.
- (Optional) To monitor processing of an operation from the GUI
main window, open the Actions menu and select TSM Activities.
During a backup, the status bar indicates processing status. A percentage
estimate is not displayed for differential backups.
Here are some items to consider when you back up NAS file systems
using the web client GUI:
- Workstation and remote (NAS) backups are mutually exclusive in
a Backup window. After selecting an item for
backup, the next item you select must be of the same type (either
NAS or non NAS).
- Details will not appear in the right-frame of the Backup window
for NAS nodes or file systems. To view information about objects in
a NAS node, highlight the object and select from the menu.
- To delete NAS file spaces, select .
- Backup options do not apply to NAS file spaces and are ignored
during a NAS backup operation.
