Enabling Windows PowerShell Remoting for Remote Management and Remote Mounting

From a single IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot installation, you can manage all of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot installations in your organization and mount VSS snapshots to remote servers.

Before you begin

To use the remote management and remote mount features, you must install and enable Windows PowerShell 3.0, or later, on all IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot installations that you want to manage. To download, install, and enable the software, follow the instructions in: Microsoft Windows Management Framework 3.0 Downloads

Procedure

Enable remote management for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot installations or the Remote Mounting feature by entering the following Windows PowerShell command.
```
Enable-PSRemoting -force
```
1. Add the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot servers to the trusted hosts list by entering the following command on each remote system:
```
Set-Item WSMan:\locahost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value  
remote_server_name,local_host_name -Force
```
  where remote_server_name specifies the remote server.
2. Restart the winrm service by entering the following command:
```
Restart-Service winrm
```
Optional: If you use the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server software, enable the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature with Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) authentication. Complete the following steps:
1. On the primary system, enter the following command to enable the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature with CredSSP:
```
enable-wsmancredssp -role client -delegatecomputer remote_computer_name 
```
  where remote_computer_name specifies the remote computer.
2. On each remote system that runs the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Microsoft Exchange Server software, enter the following command to enable the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature with CredSSP:
```
enable-wsmancredssp -role server
```
Verify that the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature is configured by using one of the following methods:
- Use the "Test-WSMan" cmdlet to test whether the WinRM service is running on the remote computer.
  A. On Server A, enter the following cmdlet to verify that the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature is configured correctly:
```
Test-WSMan remote_server_name
```
  where remote_server_name specifies the remote server.
  
  B. On Server B, enter the following cmdlet to verify that the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature is configured correctly:
```
Test-WSMan remote_server_name
```
  where remote_server_name specifies the remote server.
  
  Restriction: For the remote mount feature, you must use the same computer name that you use with the /RemoteComputer CLI option.
- To verify that the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature is configured, enter the following cmdlets:
  A. On Server A and Server B when Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) authentication is not enabled, enter the following cmdlet:
```
invoke-command -computername remote_server_name
```
```
-scriptblock {pwd} -Credential $creds
```
  where -computername specifies the remote computer name and remote_server_name specifies the remote server.
  
  B. On Server A and Server B when Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) authentication is enabled, enter the following cmdlet:
```
invoke-command -computername remote_server_name 
```
```
-scriptblock {pwd} -Credential $creds -Authentication Credssp
```
  where -computername specifies the remote computer name and remote_server_name specifies the remote server.
  
  Restriction: For the remote mount feature, you must use the same computer name that you use with the /RemoteComputer CLI option. In addition, when you use the CLI command for the remote mount feature, use the same user name and password that you use with the /RemoteComputerUser and /RemoteComputerPassword CLI options.
- Click Microsoft Management Console (MMC) > IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot. To verify a test connection to a remote computer, in the Actions pane, click Manage Computers. Click Test Connection.
Add a remote system. Click Microsoft Management Console (MMC) > IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot. To add a computer to the selected Tree Nodes, in the Actions pane, click Manage Computers. Click the plus-sign icon.