Installing and configuring the client

The client can be a IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client or a IBM Storage Protect Data Protection application client.

Complete the following steps to install and configure the client:

1. Using the LAN-free communications protocol and LAN-free port information that you collected in the configuration worksheets, modify the following file:
   • dsm.sys client system-options file
   • dsm.opt client options file

   Tip: The file can be in one of several places, such as the installation directory, or in a location pointed to by an environment variable.

   Select a communication method that you want the client and server to use. The methods are described in Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3.

   Table 1. Communications methods for a IBM Storage Protect server connecting to a z/OS media server

   To use this communication method	Configuration requirements	To connect to these IBM Storage Protect servers
   TCP/IP	Install TCP/IP (standard with supported operating systems)	AIX, Linux on System z
   HiperSockets	For details about configuring HiperSocket connectivity between Linux on System z and z/OS, see the IBM Redbooks publication IBM HiperSockets Implementation Guide. This document is available online at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246816.html	Linux on System z

   Table 2. Communications methods from a storage agent to a z/OS media server

   To use this communication method	Configuration requirements	To connect to these IBM Storage Protect servers
   TCP/IP	Install TCP/IP (standard with supported operating systems)	AIX, Linux x86_64, Linux on System z, Linux on Power Systems, Solaris, Windows Server
   HiperSockets	For details about configuring HiperSocket connectivity between Linux on System z and z/OS, see the IBM Redbooks publication IBM HiperSockets Implementation Guide. This document is available online at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246816.html	Linux on System z

   Table 3. Communications methods for the IBM Storage Protect client

   To use this communication method	Install this software	To connect to these IBM Storage Protect servers
   TCP/IP	TCP/IP (standard with supported operating systems)	AIX, Linux x86_64, Linux on System z, Linux on Power Systems, Solaris, Windows Server
   Shared memory	TCP/IP (standard with platforms)	AIX Linux x86_64, Linux on System z, Linux on Power Systems Windows Server
   Named pipes	Named pipes (standard with Windows platforms)	Windows Server

   For example:

   

   commmethod tcpip
   tcpserveraddress server_c.example.com
   tcpport 1502

   

   commmethod tcpip
   tcpserveraddress tsmsrver.example.com
   tcpport 1502

   The preceding example uses a TCPPORT of 1502. However, the default TCPPORT is 1500.

   Restriction: The backup-archive client servername option is not related to the storage agent SERVERNAME option.
2. Install or upgrade the backup-archive client software or Data Protection application-client software.
3. Add the following options to the same stanza in the same file that you edited in step #zsrv_inst_client/step1. These options specify that the client uses SAN-attached devices, when the path is available, during backup, restore, archive, and retrieve processing.

   TCP/IP Communications:

   enablelanfree yes
   lanfreecommmethod tcpip
   lanfreetcpserveraddress agent.example.com
   lanfreetcpport 1500

   Shared memory:

   enablelanfree yes
   lanfreecommmethod SharedMem
   lanfreeshmport 1510

   Named pipes:

   

   lanfreecommmethod namedpipes
   lanfreeport \\hostname\\pipename

What to do next

If you installed a Data Protection application client, you must install and configure the API.