Configuring an object agent service

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Before you can copy data from IBM Storage Protect Plus to an IBM Storage Protect server, you must configure an object agent service.

AIX operating systems

About this task

If IBM Storage Protect is installed on an IBM® AIX® operating system, you can use the procedure only if you are using AIX 7.2 TL 1 and SP 4 or later, running on an IBM POWER8 or later server. If you are using an earlier version of AIX with an earlier POWER® server.

Procedure

Complete the following steps:

  1. Log in by using an instance user ID.
  2. Set up an object agent by taking the following actions:
    1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Servers.
    2. Select a server row and click Details.
    3. Click the Object Agent tab, and complete the steps to create an object agent and start an object agent service. To authenticate to the object agent, use the certificate that is generated.
    Tip: Alternatively, use the DEFINE SERVER command to create an object agent. Specify OBJECTAGENT=YES. After the command finishes, follow the instructions in the command output. When these actions are completed, the object agent service will automatically start on the system that is hosting the IBM Storage Protect server.
  3. Set up an object client.
    Tip: If you create an object client before creating the corresponding object agent, the Add Client wizard forces the creation of the object agent.
    1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Clients.
    2. In the Clients table, click +Client.
    3. Select Object Client and follow the instructions in the Add Client wizard.
    After you complete the wizard, it provides you with the endpoint for communicating with the object agent on the server, and the access key ID, secret access key, and certificate for connecting securely. When IBM Storage Protect Plus is used as an object client, it must direct its requests to the endpoint, and must use the access key ID, secret access key, and certificate.
    Important: Ensure that a copy of each credential is saved to a secure location.
    Tip: Alternatively, use the REGISTER NODE command to create an object client. Specify TYPE=OBJECTCLIENT. The script runs under the instance user ID.
    For AIX servers: If the AIX subsystem service for the object agent was previously changed to run as another user instead the instance owner such as root, you can change the service to run as the instance owner again. To change the service, issue the chssys command and specify the name of the subsystem service. For more information, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=c-chssys-command.
    Important: Each IBM Storage Protect Plus server must be registered as its own object-client node.