Scheduling backups with client-node proxy support

When you grant proxy authority to the agent nodes, they perform scheduled backup operations on behalf of the target node. Each agent node must use the asnodename option within their schedule to perform multiple node backup for the agent node.

Start the schedules using dsmc sched client command:

The following examples show the administrative client-server commands using the scheduler on multiple nodes.

• The administrator registers all of the nodes to be used by issuing the following commands:
  • register node NODE-A
  • register node NODE-B
  • register node NODE-C
• The administrator grants proxy authority to each agent node using the following commands:
  • grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-A
  • grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-B
  • grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-C
• The administrator defines the schedules using the following commands:
  • define schedule standard proxy1 description="NODE-A proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=/Volumes/Xsan1 startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00
  • define schedule standard proxy2 description="NODE-B proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=/Volumes/Xsan2 startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00
  • define schedule standard proxy3 description="NODE-C proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=/Volumes/Xsan3 startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00

For more information about the server scheduler commands, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator Command Reference.