Client-system information

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Client-system information includes information about storage agents, client communication protocols and ports, and devices.

Storage agent properties

Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment
Storage agent name The name for the storage agent.
Storage agent password The password for the storage agent.
TCP/IP address The TCP/IP address of the storage agent.
TCP/IP port The TCP/IP port of the storage agent.
SSL port The SSL port for the storage agent.
SSL key database password The password for the key database file, if SSL is used.

Client properties

Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment

LAN-free communications protocol

 The communications protocol between the client and the storage agent. The following protocols are available. Use the value in parentheses as the value of the client LANFREECOMMMETHOD option.
  • TCP/IP Version 4 (TCPIP)
  • TCP/IP Version 4 or Version 6 (V6TCPIP)
  • Shared Memory (SHAREDMEM))
LAN-free communications protocol The communications protocol between the client and the storage agent. The following protocols are available. Use the value in parentheses as the value of the client LANFREECOMMMETHOD option.
  • TCP/IP Version 4 (TCPIP)
  • TCP/IP Version 4 or Version 6 (V6TCPIP)
  • Shared Memory (SHAREDMEM)
  • Named Pipes (NAMEDPIPES)

Named Pipes is the default, and there is a default name the client uses to contact the storage agent.
LAN-free port The TCP/IP or SSL port that is used for LAN-free data movement. The type of communication must match the configuration of the storage agent. Use this value as the value of the client LANFREETCPPORT option.
LANFREESSL option The option that specifies that the IBM Storage Protect client enables Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) when it communicates with the storage agent.
SSLRequired option The option that specifies whether the client must use SSL when it communicates with the storage agent.

Device information

Table 1. External library environment
Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment
Executable file location The fully qualified path to the external-library-manager executable file for each storage agent to which IBM Storage Protect sends media-access requests.
Library name A 1- through 32-character name of your choosing.
Table 2. ACSLS, 3494, or SCSI tape-library sharing environment
Type of information Description Use this column to record the value or values for your environment
Device name The name of each tape drive for which you will define a path.
Table 3. Shared disk environment
Type of information Description Use this column to record the value for your environment
Local path name The name of the local path to the network-mounted file system (for example, /shareddisk).