Configuring the client to use the client acceptor service to manage the scheduler

One of the most effective ways of managing the client scheduler is to use the client acceptor. You must configure the client to use the client acceptor to manage the scheduler.

• Complete the following steps to use the client acceptor to manage the client scheduler:
  1. From the backup-archive client GUI, select Edit > Preferences.
  2. Click the Web Client tab.
  3. In the Managed Services Options field, click Schedule. If you also want the client acceptor to manage the web client, click Both option.
  4. Start the client acceptor daemon by running the following command on the command line:

     dsmcad

  Tip:

  • You can also use the managedservices option in the client system-options file (dsm.sys) to specify whether the client acceptor manages the scheduler.
  • If you need the client acceptor to manage the scheduler in polling mode without opening a listening port, use the cadlistenonport option in the dsm.sys file.
• Complete the following steps to use the client acceptor to manage the scheduler on the Windows client:
  1. In the backup-archive client GUI, click Utilities > Setup Wizard > Help me configure the TSM Client Scheduler and click Next.
  2. Read the information in the TSM Scheduler Wizard page and click Next.
  3. In the Scheduler Task page, select Install a new or additional scheduler and click Next.
  4. In the TSM Scheduler Name and Location page, specify a name for the client acceptor service that you want to manage the scheduler. Then, select Use the Client Acceptor daemon (CAD) to manage the scheduler and click Next.
  5. If the client acceptor is already installed for use by the web client, select that name of the client acceptor from the drop-down list in the Web Service Name page. Otherwise, type the name that you want to assign to this client acceptor. The default name is TSM Client Acceptor. Click Next.
  6. Follow the instructions on the remaining screens to complete the configuration.

     Use the following information to help you complete the wizard pages:

     • If the sessioninitiation option is set to serveronly in the client options file (dsm.opt), the client configuration wizard and scheduler service might be unable to initiate authentication with the Tivoli® Storage Manager server. To avoid this problem, ensure that the Contact the TSM Server to validate password check box on the TSM Authentication page is cleared.
     • For the client acceptor-managed scheduler, select Manually when I explicitly start the service in the Service login options page.
  7. Start the client acceptor service from the Services Control Panel, but do not start the scheduler service. The scheduler service is started and stopped automatically by the client acceptor service as needed.
  Tip:

  • You can also use the managedservices option in the client options file (dsm.opt) to specify whether the client acceptor manages the scheduler.
  • If you need the client acceptor to manage the scheduler in polling mode without opening a listening port, use the cadlistenonport option in the dsm.opt file.
  • If you do not use the client acceptor to manage the scheduler, select Automatically when Windows boots in the Service login options window. This setting starts the service automatically when Windows starts so that your schedules are run automatically. Alternatively, you can use the Services Control Panel or the net start command to start the Scheduler service.
  • You can also use the Scheduler Service Configuration utility (dsmcutil.exe) to configure the scheduler. The Scheduler Service Configuration utility must be run from an account that belongs to the Administrator/Domain Administrator group. You can start multiple client scheduler services on your system.