Configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager server

Perform these steps on the Tivoli® Storage Manager server

1. Define the policy domains, policy sets, management classes, copy groups, and storage pools. Choose what is necessary to meet your Data Protection for SQL Server backup and restore requirements. For VSS operations, Tivoli Storage Manager server authentication must be on.
2. Register your Data Protection for SQL Server node name and password by issuing the Tivoli Storage Manager register node command. For example, for VSS operations, this node is the target node. When you register nodes to the Tivoli Storage Manager server specifically for VSS operations, do not specify the Tivoli Storage Manager USerid=NONE parameter. VSS operations fail when this parameter is specified.
3. (VSS only) If not already defined, register your Tivoli Storage Manager VSS requestor node name and password for the system where the SQL Server is installed. For example, this agent node is the Local DSMAGENT Node for VSS operations.
4. (VSS only) If you plan to run offloaded backups from a particular system, first register the Tivoli Storage Manager VSS requestor node name and password for the system. For example, the agent node is the Remote DSMAGENT Node. BAOFF is used here (and in Step 5) to differentiate between this Remote DSMAGENT Node and the Local DSMAGENT Node (Step 3). You can replace BAOFF with the node name of your backup-archive client, and remove the BAOFF from the grant proxynode command.
5. (VSS only) Define the proxy node relationship (for the target node and agent nodes) by issuing the Tivoli Storage Manager grant proxynode command. For example:

   grant proxynode target=alwayson node name agent=BAnodename