Managing data movers for a vCenter

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You can manage the data movers that are defined for a vCenter. For example, you can add and remove the association between the data movers and the vCenter and monitor the status of the data movers.

Procedure

  1. In the vSphere Web Client, click IBM Storage Protect > Manage > Configure > Data Movers.
  2. To view data movers, select a vCenter server from the drop-down list. The data movers that are defined for the vCenter are shown.
    Optionally, you can view data movers for a specific datacenter or all datacenters that are in the vCenter by clicking View.

    A summary of the data movers is displayed in a table that is sortable and filterable on the columns. For example, you can click the Schedule column to sort the data movers by their associated schedule.

  3. Optional: You can complete the following tasks for a data mover:
    Action Steps
    Remove data movers
    1. Select one or more data movers and click the Remove icon, or select Remove Data Mover from the Actions list.
    2. Review the information in the Remove Data Movers window and follow the instructions that are shown.
      Restriction: You cannot remove a data mover that is associated with a schedule. Remove the data mover from all schedules before you attempt to remove the data mover.
    Verify data mover status Select one or more data movers and click the Verify icon, or select Verify Data Mover Status from the Actions list.

    If the status changes, the value in the Status column is updated. If the status is Failed, you can hover over the status to view the failure message.
    Add data movers
    1. From the vSphere plug-in, select IBM Storage Protect.
    2. In the Configure tab, select Data Movers.
    3. Use the + icon or Actions > Add Data Mover to configure a new Data Mover.
    4. On the Add Data Mover mover panel, select a datacenter, and specify the data mover name and data mover host name.
    5. Enter vCenter credentials and click Add. You will be prompted to accept a digital certificate the first time you connect to Add Data Mover operations. For further information on working with digital certificates, see Accepting self-signed SSL certificates.
    To configure a new data mover for tagging support on Windows or Linux:
    1. Go to the Configuration tab, and select the Edit IBM Storage Protect Configuration action.
    2. 4. Go to the Data Mover Nodes page of the configuration notebook.
    3. . For the data mover node that you want to set up tagging support for, select Create Services. By default, Tag Based Node is selected to enable the data mover node for tagging support.

    For more information, see Configuring a data mover node for tagging support.
    View data mover error log Select to view the data mover error log log file. Click the Download Log button and then select the Save As command from the web client if you want to create a local copy.
    Note: You may need to enable pop-ups on your browser.

    Search on the term dsmerror.log on the IBM® Documentation for further information.

    View data mover schedule log Select to view the data mover schedule log file. Click the Download Log button and then select the Save As command from the web client if you want to create a local copy.
    Note: You may need to enable pop-ups on your browser.

    Search on the term schedule log on the IBM Documentation for further information.