Windows operating systems

Configuring the backup-archive client to protect FastBack client data

You can configure the backup-archive client to protect FastBack client data by using the client configuration wizard.

Before you can use the IBM Spectrum® Protect Client Configuration wizard for FastBack, you must complete the following tasks:

  • Ensure that either the FastBack server, or the FastBack Disaster Recovery Hub, is installed and configured for short-term data retention.
  • Also ensure that at least one snapshot has been taken.
  • Ensure that the backup-archive client is properly configured with the IBM Spectrum Protect server. Also make sure that the client acceptor service (dsmcad.exe) is running. You can use the IBM Spectrum Protect Client Configuration wizard in the backup-archive client GUI, after you install the backup-archive client.
  • Complete a one-time post-installation setup for these purposes:
    • To specify the FastBack user name and password to be used by the wizard, to query and mount volumes from the FastBack repository
    • To run IBM Spectrum Protect scheduler scripts
  • Set up the FastBack credentials file. The user ID that you specify must have Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack administrative authority.
    1. Configure the user ID and password. Run the following command on the workstation where the backup-archive client and FastBack server or Disaster Recovery Hub are installed:
      cd <TSM_FastBack_install_location>\FastBack\shell

      where <TSM_FastBack_install_location> is the directory location where the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack client is installed.

    2. If it does not exist, create a folder called FastbackTSMScripts under the system drive of the workstation, using the following command:
      mkdir <machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts
    3. Run the fastbackshell command:
      FastBackShell -c encrypt -u userName -d domain -p password -f
<machine_system_drive>:\FastbackTSMScripts\credential.txt

      The following options are used in the preceding command example:

      • -u specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator user name.
      • -p specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack administrator password.
      • -d specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack domain for the user name.
      • -f specifies the output file where the encrypted credentials are to be written.
    Important: The credentials file must be generated with the name "credential.txt". The credentials file must also be located in the FastbackTSMScripts directory of the system drive of the workstation, for the wizard to function properly.

You can use the client configuration wizard in the backup-archive client GUI.

Follow these steps to use the client configuration wizard in the backup-archive client GUI:

  1. Ensure that the backup-archive client is properly configured with the IBM Spectrum Protect server.
  2. The configuration wizard starts automatically to create the configuration file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
  4. From the backup-archive client GUI main window, select Utilities > Setup Wizard.
  5. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data and click Next.
  6. Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.

Follow these steps to start the client configuration wizard in the backup-archive client GUI:

  1. Ensure that the backup-archive client is properly configured with the IBM Spectrum Protect server, and that the IBM Spectrum Protect client acceptor service is running.

    To configure the backup-archive client, follow these steps:

    1. From the main window in the backup-archive client GUI, click Utilities > Setup Wizard.
    2. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the Web Client and click Next. Follow the instructions on the panel to complete the wizard.
  2. Start the backup-archive client. In your web browser, specify the client node name and port number where the client acceptor service is running.

    For example: http://<machine_name_or_ip_address>:1585

  3. From the main window in the backup-archive client GUI, click Utilities > Setup Wizard.
  4. From the welcome page, select Help me configure the client to protect FastBack client data, and click Next.
  5. Use the wizard to complete the configuration process.