TSM - Configuring the Web client

Configuring the Web client

There are some steps that you must follow to configure the Web client.

To configure the Web client from the command line, perform the following

steps:

1. If MANAGEDServices scheduler is set, specify MANAGEDServices webclient

scheduler in the dsm.sys file.

2. Ensure that you specify passwordaccess generate in the dsm.sys file.

3. To generate the Tivoli Storage Manager password, start the backup-archive

client by entering the following command:

dsmc query session

When prompted, enter your user ID and password.

Tip: On Mac OS X, a password can also be generated by selecting the TSM

Tools for Administrators application and starting Tivoli Storage Manager.

4. Start the client acceptor daemon (CAD) by entering the following command:

dsmcad

Tip: On Mac OS X you can start the client acceptor with the TSM Tools for

Administrators application, by selecting Start the TSM Connect Agent.

The Tivoli Storage Manager Remote Client Agent daemon must not be started

manually. It is automatically started by the Tivoli Storage Manager Client

Acceptor daemon when needed.

The options applicable only to the dsmcad program are httpport,

managedservices, and webports. Other options such as optfile or errorlogname

can also be used. You can use the managedservices option to specify whether

the Tivoli Storage Manager client acceptor daemon also manages the Tivoli

Storage Manager scheduler.

All Web client messages are written to the Web client log file, dsmwebcl.log.

Error messages are written to the error log file dsmerror.log, or the file you

specify with the errorlogname option. The dsmwebcl.log and dsmerror.log files

reside in the directory you specify with the DSM_LOG environment variable or

in the current working directory. Set this environment variable to the directory

where the log files should reside. The root directory is not a valid value for

DSM_LOG. Specify a directory other than the root directory.

5. To access the Web client, enter the following URL from any supported browser,

where your_machine_name is the host name of the machine running the Web

client.:

http://your_machine_name:1581

Port 1581 is the default port number. You can set a different port number using the

httpport option.

After installing and configuring the Web client on your workstation you can use

the Web client to perform backup, archive, restore, and retrieve operations.