Defining storage agents to the IBM Storage Protect server

For each client that uses LAN-free data transfer, you must define a storage agent to the server.

Before you begin

Use the same name and password that you specified for the storage agent when you installed it on the client system.

Procedure

Define the storage agent by issuing the DEFINE SERVER command from the IBM Storage Protect server that will manage the client data.

For example:

define server storagnt serverpassword=fun4me
   hladdress=agent.tucson.ibm.com lladdress=1500 validateprotocol=all

The VALIDATEPROTOCOL parameter in the example is optional. This parameter specifies whether a cyclic redundancy check is run to validate data on all metadata that is transferred between the storage agent and the IBM Storage Protect server.

What to do next

You must also define the storage agent to the library manager. The storage agent must be able to contact the library manager directly when its makes mount requests. If the storage agent is only defined to the library client, it attempts to use information from the client to define itself to the library manager. If the storage agent is unable to define itself to the library manager, then you must define the storage agent manually by using the DEFINE SERVER command that is issued from the library manager. For example:

define server storagnt serverpassword=fun4me
   hladdress=agent.tucson.ibm.com lladdress=1500 ssl=yes

In the preceding example, the SSL parameter specifies that SSL communication is used. If you specify SSL as the communication method, you must import SSL certificates from the server to the storage agent, and from the storage agent to the server. Import SSL certificates before you start the storage agent or the server.

When the storage agent is defined to the server, you can complete the steps in Configuring the storage agent.