Step 4: Adding an object agent for copying data

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Before you can copy data from IBM Storage® Protect Plus to the IBM Storage Protect server, you must add and configure the object agent. This step is the fourth step in setting up IBM Storage Protect Plus with the IBM Storage Protect server for archiving data or copying data to object storage.

Before you begin

Ensure that the following steps are complete before you start to create the object client.
  1. Ensure that you are logged in to the IBM Storage Protect server with an instance user ID.
  2. Ensure that you have set up storage pools either for standard storage or for copying to tape. For instructions, see Step 1: Creating a tape storage pool and a cold-data-cache storage pool for copying data to tape or Step 3: Setting up standard object storage.
  3. Ensure that you have created an object domain.

About this task

This procedure is based on an environment where the IBM Storage Protect server is installed on an IBM® AIX® operating system AIX Version 7.2 TL 1 and SP 4 or later, running on an IBM POWER8® or later server. (LINK TO a previous version)

Procedure

  1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Servers Servers.
  2. Select a server and click Details.
  3. From the navigation panel, click Object Agent; click Add to add an object agent.

    Object agent add

    Tip: If you are using the command line, run the DEFINE SERVER command to create an object agent. Specify OBJECTAGENT=YES. Follow the instructions in the command output. When these actions are completed, the object agent service automatically starts on the system that is hosting the IBM Storage Protect server.
  4. To authenticate to the object agent, use the certificate that is generated.

    Object agent cert

  5. Install the object agent service by running the command that can be copied from the wizard like in the following examples:
    [root@servername-os: /]# /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/spObjectAgent service install 
/home/tsminst1/tsminst1/SPPOBJAGENT/spObjectAgent_SPPOBJAGENT_1500.config
2020-03-31 15:50:07.631021 I | Installed and started system service as nameportnumberobjectagentname
    Here is an example
    [root@p9b-aix1: /]# /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/spObjectAgent service install 
/home/tsminst1/tsminst1/SPPOBJAGENT/spObjectAgent_SPPOBJAGENT_1500.config
2020-03-31 15:50:07.631021 I | Installed and started system service as spoa9000SPPOBJAGENT
  6. Complete the configuration by starting an object agent service by running the startObjectAgent command. Here is an example for AGENTOBJECTA object agent. 
    "/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/spObjectAgent" service install 
"/home/tsminst1/tsminst1/AGENTOBJECTA/spObjectAgent_AGENTOBJECTA_1500.config"
  7. Set up the object agent service to start automatically on startup by running a command similar to the following command for AIX:
    spobj:2:once:/usr/bin/startsrc -s nameportnumberobjectagentname
    Here is an example:
    spobj:2:once:/usr/bin/startsrc -s spoa9000SPPOBJAGENT