BackBox H4.00 User Manual

Configuration
53 BackBox H4.00 User Manual
The expiration of the tape volumes is managed by the Guardian tape catalogs and
storage corresponding to expired volumes is explicitly released by the BB017_PURGE
daily job. Consequently, the TSM server should keep the BackBox archives forever
and the Archive Copy Group must be set accordingly.
When defining an Archive Copy Group for the VT Controller, the parameters below
are important. Other parameters usually do not apply to the BackBox application.
DESTINATION = storage-pool
RETVER = NOLIMIT
RETINIT = CREATION (default value)
The TSM Management Class for BackBox virtual volume can be specified in the
BackBox configuration, Volume Group page.
TSM provides a default Management Class for each TSM Client node.
Definition of the TSM client node
TSM API client nodes must be explicitly registered in the TSM server by using a TSM
administrative client. To access a given TSM Data Store, all VTCs of the Domain will
log on to the TSM server using the same TSM node and password.
Alternatively, each VTC logs in with a different node name and the data is owned by
a single target node. To be shared, access to the target node's data is authorized by
the TSM administrator. This setup is mandatory in LAN-free configuration, see
"Specifying NODENAME and PASSWORD in LAN-free configuration" below.
The VTC supports the TSM automatic renewal of the node password. It is assumed
that different Data Stores directed to the same TSM server will be set with different
node names.
The Client node must be authorized to delete Archives.
The TSM Client Node for a BackBox virtual volume can be specified in the BackBox
configuration, Data Store page, or in the DSM.OPT file of each VTC, see below in TSM
Client configuration
Configuration of the TSM client in each VTC
o A DSM.OPT file must be prepared for each VTC. DSM.OPT is a
text file that can be located anywhere on the local disk. It
must contain at least the address of the TSM server.
To create a DSM.OPT file, either use the sample DSM.OPT with recommended
options that is provided by the BackBox VTC installer or copy the one used by
the TSM GUI Backup client.
Creating the DSM.OPT with the TSM Backup GUI
Start the TSM GUI backup-restore client