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Answer:

1. Contact Eliza Lau at lau@vt.edu to register your computer's nodename.
2. Delete the folder c:\tsm_images\TSM_BA_client if it exists.
3. Install the TSM Windows XP/Server 2003 backup-archive client.
   1. Log on to your computer with an account that has computer administrator privileges.
   2. Go to the Network Backup Service page (http://www.computing.vt.edu/security_and_viruses/network_backup/).
   3. Click the TSM Client Download for Windows link.
   4. Click the 5.5.0.4-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX32.exe link.
   5. Save the file to your desktop.
   6. On your desktop, double-click the 5.5.0.4-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX32.exe file. The TSM Install screen will appear.
   7. Click Next.
   8. From the Choose Setup Language drop-down list, select English.
   9. Click OK. The Install Shield Wizard will appear.
   10. Click Next.
   11. In the Destination Folder window, click Next.
   12. Select the Typical option.
   13. Click Next.
   14. Click the Install button.
   15. Click Finish.
   16. Click Yes.
   17. Reboot your computer.
4. Configure the TSM backup-archive client.
   1. Go to Eliza Lau's Filebox (http://filebox.vt.edu/users/lau).
   2. Right-click the dsm.opt link, and select Save Target As.
   3. Save the file to the path C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\
   4. Open the file C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsm.opt.
      Important: Make sure you open the dsm.opt file, not the dsm.opt.txt file.

   5. After the word NODENAME, type your computer's fully qualified nodename.
      Example: NODENAME abcd1234.vt.edu

   6. If you are using Windows Vista, change the following line from:

      domain all-local
      to
      domain all-local -systemstate

   7. From the File menu, select Save.
   8. Open the TSM Backup-Archive GUI.
   1. Click the Start button.
   2. Select All Programs.
   3. Select Tivoli Storage Manager.
   4. Select Backup-Archive GUI.
   9. In the Password text box, type: changeme
   10. Change your password.
       1. From the Utilities menu, select Change Password.
       2. In the Old Password text box, type: changeme
       3. Enter a new password and confirm it.
       4. Click the Change button.
   11. Click the Backup button.
   12. Double-click Local.
   13. These are all the partitions that are eligible for backup. Expand any folder and place a check in the check box next to a small file that you want to back up.
       Note: Do not check the C: drive. The initial backup is a full backup, and it will take a long time to run. Right now, you just want to test your connection.

   14. Click the Backup button.
   15. Verify that the backup was successful.
5. Set up the Backup Scheduler.
   Note: Set the Backup Scheduler only if you have never installed TSM before. If you have deleted a previous version of TSM, the Scheduler already exists.
   To set up the Backup Scheduler:
   1. If you were able to successfully run a backup, close the inside Backup window to return to the main menu.
   2. From the Utilities menu, select Setup Wizard.
   3. Clear the check from the first check box.
   4. Place a check in the Help Me Configure the TSM Client Scheduler check box.
   5. Click Next.
   6. Select the Install a New or Additional Scheduler option.
   7. Click Next.
   8. In the What Name Would You Like to Give to the TSM Scheduler text box, type: TSM Scheduler
   9. Select the Local machine option.
   10. Place a check in the Use the Client Acceptor Daemon [CAD] to Manage the Schedule check box.
   11. Click Next.
   12. In the What Name Would You Like to Give to the TSM Acceptor text box, type: TSM Client Acceptor Daemon
   13. Click Next.
   14. Accept the defaults, and click Next.
   15. Accept the defaults, and click Next.
   16. In the What Is the TSM Node Name to Use text box, type your computer's fully qualified nodename.
   17. In the What is the TSM Password for This Node text box, type the password that you chose.
   18. Click Next.
   19. Place a check in The System Account check box.
   20. Place a check in the Automatically When Windows Boots check box.
   21. Click Next.
   22. Accept the defaults, and click Next.
   23. Select the Yes option.
   24. Click Next.
   25. Click Finish. It may take the scheduler a few minutes to start.
   26. Check the file C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log to verify that the scheduler has contacted the server and backup will run in its backup window.
   27. From the File menu, select Exit.
   28. Installation is complete. Backup will run at its scheduled time. Send an e-mail message to Eliza Lau at lau@vt.edu to tell her which computer has been set up. Give her the computer's DNS name and the person's name.
6. Set up Open File Support to backup locked files (eg. Archive.pst in Microsoft Outlook).
1. From the Utilities menu, select Setup Wizard.
2. Select Help me configure Open File Support.
3. Click Next.
4. Select Install the TSM Logical Volume Snapshot Agent.
5. Select Logical Volume Snapshot Agent.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Finish.
8. Reboot.
Notes:

• The backup window is between 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. If you have to turn off your machine after work, you can arrange to move your client to a daytime backup window by sending e-mail message to Eliza Lau at lau@vt.edu.
• For additional information about TSM, go to the Tivoli Software Information Center (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp).






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