Confirming client node registration and configuration

Client nodes must be registered and configured for LAN-free backups.

Procedure

Verify that node settings are correct by issuing the following command:

query node node_name format=detailed

What to do next

If node settings are not correct, issue the UPDATE NODE command to adjust settings for the node. If the node is not registered and configured for LAN-free backups, register the node with the REGISTER NODE command.

To help tune the use of your server LAN and z/OS media server LAN resources for storage agent data transfer, you can control the path that data transfers take for clients that have LAN-free data movement capability. For each client, you can select whether data read/write operations use the server LAN path, the z/OS media server LAN path, or either path. You can specify these settings with the REGISTER NODE and UPDATE NODE commands.

If the node belongs to a multi-threaded client and there are drives available, the MAXNUMMP parameter might restrict the number of drives that are available for the storage agent to use on behalf of the client. Specify the MAXNUMMP parameter on the REGISTER NODE or UPDATE NODE command.