Installing IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Windows

The configuration wizard guides you through installing IBM Storage Protect Snapshot on your computer.

IBM Storage Protect Snapshot installation packages are delivered electronically through an IBM® download site. You must extract the installation files from the download site.

IBM Storage Protect Snapshot is available in both licensed and maintenance packages. The installation process differs based on the package type.

Licensed package

Includes a license enablement file that is only available from your software distribution channel, such as Passport Advantage®, and includes the initial General Availability release of a product or component.

Maintenance update (fix pack or interim fix package)

Available from the maintenance delivery channel, and can sometimes be used to refresh the software distribution channel. Maintenance packages do not contain license enablement files and must be installed after a licensed package.

See the README.FTP file for information about how to install a fix pack or interim fix package. The README.FTP file is available in the same directory where the maintenance package is downloaded.

1. Log on with administrator credentials and complete the following steps:
   1. Download the appropriate package file from one of the following websites.
      • For a first-time installation or a new release go to Passport Advantage at IBM® Passport Advantage. Passport Advantage is the only website from which you can download a licensed package file.
      • For a maintenance fix, go to this FTP site and to the directory that contains the maintenance fix version that you require, Index of Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager patch files .
   2. After you download the package, complete the following steps:
      • Verify that you have enough space to store the installation files when they are extracted from the product package.
      • Change to the directory where you placed the executable file.
        Tip: In the next step, the files are extracted to the current directory. The path must contain no more than 128 characters. Extract the installation files to an empty directory. Do not extract the files to a directory that contains previously extracted files, or any other files.
      • Either double-click the executable file, or enter the following command on the command line to extract the installation files. The files are extracted to the current directory.

        package_name.exe

        where package_name is like:

        version-TIV-FCM-Win.exe

        For example, for version 8.1.4, the package_name is

        8.1.4.0-TIV-FCM-Win.exe

   3. Follow the installation instructions that are displayed.
   4. Click Finish to complete the installation of IBM Storage Protect Snapshot.
2. Configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot by using the configuration wizard.
   1. Start Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Click Start>All Programs>IBM Storage Protect Snapshot>IBM Storage Protect Snapshot Management Console.
      When you start MMC, a welcome page is displayed. If IBM Storage Protect Snapshot is not configured, the configuration wizard starts.
   2. If the configuration wizard does not start automatically, go to IBM Storage Protect>Dashboard>Manage>Configuration>Wizards in the tree view, and select one of the following wizards:
      • Standalone configuration wizard
      • IBM Storage Protect configuration wizard
      • Mailbox Restore Only configuration wizard

      Click Start in the Actions pane.

   3. In the configuration wizard, select the applications to protect, verify requirements, provision, and configure.
3. After you complete the configuration wizard, verify your configuration by selecting each workload instance in the tree view and completing the following steps:
   1. Click the Automate tab.
   2. Click Open in the toolbar.
   3. Type verify. The following three file names are listed.

      verify_sql.txt
      verify_exc.txt
      verify_fs.txt
      

      The verify_fs.txt file is used with MMC and is part of the base product installation.
   4. Select and open the file that matches the workload.
   5. Click Run in the toolbar.

   If the commands run on the command-line interface with no warnings or errors, the configuration is verified.

   The verify_sql.txt file contains the following commands:

   query tdp
   query tsm
   query sql

   The verify_exc.txt file contains the following commands:

   query tdp
   query tsm
   query exchange

   The verify_fs.txt file contains the following commands:

   query component
   query config

4. Back up and restore a set of test data. Refine your configuration settings as necessary.
5. Define the policy settings and scheduled operations.