Manually starting and stopping the storage agent

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You can start and stop the storage agent from the storage agent directory. You can also use an administrative client to issue commands that are supported by the storage agent.

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AIX operating systemsTo start the storage agent, access the storage agent directory (the default is /usr/tivoli/tsm/StorageAgent/bin) and issue the DSMSTA command. For more information, see Connecting to a Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent through an administrative command line client.

Linux operating systemsTo start the storage agent:
  1. Open the operating system command line and change to the storage agent directory (the default is /opt/tivoli/tsm/StorageAgent/bin).
  2. Issue the DSMSTA command.
Windows operating systemsTo start the storage agent:
  1. Open the operating system command line and change to the storage agent directory (the default is c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\StorageAgent).
  2. Issue the DSMSTA command.
Windows operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systemsStop the storage agent by typing the following command at the Storage Agent (STA) command-line prompt:
halt
In most cases, it is not necessary to stop and restart a LAN-free storage agent to pick up changes from the data manager server. However, restarting the storage agent might be necessary if you changed the storage pool, library, device class, or drive information while LAN-free data movement was in process.
The storage agent keeps a list of storage pools, libraries, and device classes in memory to determine potential LAN-free destinations. The target volume and library selection occurs on the data manager server.
Certain storage pool attributes can result in failed requests rather than the LAN failover by the storage agent. If the storage agent has a LAN-free path that is established to the storage device, failover will not occur. However, if the storage agent incorrectly identifies a LAN-free destination and the server is unable to process the request, the operation advances beyond the point when LAN failover occurs, and the storage agent request does not succeed. If the storage agent request is unsuccessful, stop and restart the storage agent, and try the operation again.