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Microsoft Windows installation (64-bit)

Manual installation

This document describes how to manually install install IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client on Windows Windows (64-bit).

Required files:

Installation and Configuration

Installation

  1. Download the required files according to above into a temporary folder
  2. Run 8.x.x.x-TIV-TSMBAC-WinX64.exe to extract all installations files.

  3. Open the TSMClient Installation directory that just get created and run spinstall.exe and accept the UAC pop-up that comes up, "Setup Launcher Unicode".. UAC Pop-up Follow the instructions on the screen, and if this is a new installation you maybe need to install a few requirements.

    Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client - InstallShield Wizard

    1. The installation process could sometimes require a reboot, due to the installation of a couple of VC redistributables.
    2. If a reboot is unpleasant, at the above decision point, jump to the "Circumvent reboot during install" section below.
    3. Resume the installation, choose Typical installation.
    4. After installation, answer 'No' to the reboot question.

Install Safespring Root Certificate

  1. In a command prompt with elevated privileges, execute the "Safespring Root CA installer" to install the Safespring BaaS CA into the GSK (IBM crypto kit) trust database.

    SafeDC-Net-Root-CA-tsm12-win64.bat

Install SafeDC Root CA

Create Configuration File

  1. Retrieve client node configuration and password from the Safespring Backup Portal, and edit the dsm.opt.sample, copy the Setup Information from the portal and paste it in to dsm.opt.sample file and save that file in C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient

Copy the Backup Configuration information

Paste the information to the dsm.opt.sample file between the *** Copy and Paste Information from Safespring Backup Portal *** sections

dsm.opt sample file

Save the file as dsm.opt in the Backup-Archive Directory e.g C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\Baclient\dsm.opt

  1. Test the connection, easiest way is either via GUI or CLI.

    1. Login via Command-Line

    Start a Command-Line window in Administrator Mode and change to the Backup-Archive Client directory e.g cd C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\Baclient Start the dsmc.exe and it will now ask you to confirm the User ID that is the same as your node name, and copy and paste the password from the Safespring Backup Portal

    Copy Password from Safespring Backup Portal Paste Password to the Password Feild

    Run quit to exit Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client CLI.

    1. Login via GUI

    The GUI icon can you find in the start-menu, search for Backup-Archive GUI

    GUI via Start-Menu

    When the Backup-Archive GUI Starts it will ask for Node Admin ID and Password. This can be copy and pasted from the the Safespring Backup Portal and paste it to the Password feild.

    Copy Password from Safespring Backup Portal Paste Password to Password Feild

    If the application starts it was succesfully login and saved the password encrypted for future use.

Schedule Daily Backups

  1. IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client are polling the backup server on regular basis to see when it will backup your data next time. To assign a predefined schedule, open Safespring Backup Portal and go to the consumption unit you want to define an schedule too and click on schedule Consumption Unit Schedule

Here can you schedule the backup for your consumption unit.

  1. Setup IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client schedule polling.

    1. Setup schedule via Command-Line

    Start a Command-Line window in Administrator Mode and change to the Backup-Archive Client directory e.g cd C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\Baclient. Run following commands to setup your schedule.

    ```sh dsmcutil install scheduler /name:"TSM Client Scheduler" /node: /optfile:"" /password: /autostart:no /startnow:no

    dsmcutil install cad /name:"TSM Client Acceptor" /node: /password: /optfile:"" /autostart:yes /startnow:no

    dsmcutil update cad /name:"TSM Client Acceptor" /cadschedname:"TSM Client Scheduler"

    net start "TSM Client Acceptor" ```

    1. Setup schedule via GUI

    The GUI icon can you find in the start-menu, search for Backup-Archive GUI

    GUI via Start-Menu

    Click on Utilities -> Setup Wizard to start the Configuraton Wizard.

    Start the Schedule Setup Wizard

    A wizard will help you to go though step-by-step to setup the schedule.

    Schedule Wizard Guide

    Confirm that you want to Install a new or additional scheduler, if Update ... and Remove ... is enables, that means you already have a earlier Spectrum Protect Schedule configured.

    Install a new or addition scheduler

    Make sure you enable [X] Use the client acceptor to manage the scheduler

    Enable Client Acceptor to Manage Scheduler

    Confirm the name of the TSM Client Acceptor and press Next

    Client Acceptor Configuration File Path

    Confirm the Client Acceptor TCP Port, this port doesn't need to be expose externally.

    Client Acceptor TCP Port, default is 1581

    Insert the node password, the password can be copy from the Safespring Backup Portal.

    Insert Node name and Password

    Click on (o) Automatic when Windows boots to automatic start the TSM Client Acceptor Services

    Client Acceptor Services

    Confirm the location where you want to save the TSM Schedule and Error Logs, and it you want to log to Windows Event Logger

    TSM Client Logs Files

    Click on (o) Yes to start the TSM Client Acceptor when the wizard are done.

    Start TSM Client Acceptor after wizard

    Confirm the configuration before Setup Wizard will create the services.

    Confirm the Schedule Services

    The Configuration are now done, click Finish to quit the wizard.

    Finish the configuration

Finish

Basic installation for Backup-Archive Client is now finish, if you need to setup a Online agent for e.g Microsoft SQL, Orable Database or any other application, you can continue with that installation.