Signing in to the web user interface

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The IBM Storage Protect backup-archive client offers a web user interface, which you can use to back up and restore data.

Before you begin

You must have a valid administrator ID with admin privileges and password.
Ensure that you complete the task to set up the web user interface. For instructions, see Starting the client acceptor service and registering an administrator.

About this task

The web user interface client helps you to back up data to and restore data from the IBM Storage Protect server. You can also archive data to long-term storage on the server and retrieve it when needed.

Procedure

To sign in, complete the following steps:

In a supported web browser, enter the URL for the web user interface. The following examples show the syntax of a web user interface address:
```
http://myhost.mycompany.com:9080/bagui/
https://myhost.mycompany.com:9081/bagui/
```
Note: To access the new IBM Carbon Design-based web interface version 4.0, use the following example URL:
https://myhost.mycompany.com:9081/ba-web-client/
where,
- hostname, myhost.mycompany.com, is the address of the client workstation that hosts the web user interface.
- 9080 and 9081 are the ports on which the web user interface listens. If you use http port 9080, then the request is redirected to secure port 9081.
In case of port unavailability, the web user interface client installation starts on the next available port. For example, if the port 9081 is unavailable then the installation will move to port 9082, subsequently to port 9083, and so on.

If you enter a different URL or click Back during an operation, the web user interface will be disconnected and the current operation ends.
Enter the administrator ID and password when prompted, and click Sign In.