Accessing IBM Spectrum Control server from a remote computer using Command Line Interface

Accessing client components on a remote computer helps you complete storage management tasks from a computer that does not have a IBM Spectrum® Control server that is installed on it.

To access IBM Spectrum Control server on a remote computer, complete the following steps:

Go to the client_images subdirectory in the IBM Spectrum Control installation directory.
- On AIX® or Linux® operating systems, here is an example of a subdirectory:
```
/opt/IBM/TPC/client_images
```
- On Windows™ operating systems, here is an example of a subdirectory:
```
C:\Program Files\IBM\TPC\client_images
```
To create a client image, run one of the following commands for the operating system of the computer on which you want to access the command-line interface (CLI):
- On AIX or Linux operating systems, run the following command:
```
createClientImage.sh [aix | linux | windows | all]
```
  When you include the [aix | linux | windows | all] parameters, you can create AIX, Linux, and Windows client images on a computer that is running AIX or Linux operating systems.
- On Windows operating systems run the following command:
```
createClientImage.bat [aix | linux | windows | all]
```
  When you include the [aix | linux | windows | all] parameters, you can create AIX, Linux, and Windows client images on a computer that is running AIX and Linux or Windows operating systems.
Tip: Each parameter creates one of the following compressed client image files:

aix

Creates a TPC_CLIENT_AIX.tar image.

linux

Creates a TPC_CLIENT_LINUX.zip image.

windows

Creates a TPC_CLIENT_WIN.zip image.

all

Creates all of the client images.
Extract the appropriate compressed file on the remote computer.
- On AIX operating systems, extract the TPC_CLIENT_AIX.tar file to a folder, for example:
```
/opt/IBM/TPCClient
```
- On Linux operating systems, extract the TPC_CLIENT_LINUX.zip file to a folder, for example:
```
/opt/IBM/TPCClient
```
- On Windows operating systems, extract the TPC_CLIENT_WIN.zip file to a folder, for example:
```
c:/Program Files/IBM/TPCClient
```
Ensure that the following directories appear in the folder where you extracted the client image compressed file:
- cli
- jre
The cli folder contains the files to start the IBM Spectrum Control command-line interface and the Replication command-line interface. The jre folder contains other files that are necessary to start the command-line interface.
To start the IBM Spectrum Control command-line interface, run one of the following commands:
- On AIX or Linux operating systems:
```
/opt/IBM/TPCClient/cli/tpctool.sh
```
- On Windows operating systems:
```
C:\Program Files\IBM\TPCClient\cli\tpctool.bat
```