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Registering TSM Servers Using the Wizard

You can run the CA SRM TSM Registration Wizard from any CA SRM client computer.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Open Systems, Register, Backup Servers.

   The Backup Registration Wizard opens.

2. Click Next.

   The Backup Server Type screen appears.

3. Select Tivoli Storage Manager from the Backup Server Type list and click Next.

   The Select the TSM Version and a Proxy Collector screen appears.

4. Select the TSM version and the proxy collector you want to use for data collection and click Next.

   The list of proxy collectors is based on computers where the TSM ODBC driver or IBM DB2 ODBC driver for TSM 5.5 or 6.x is already installed.

   The Select a TSM Server dialog appears.

5. All defined DSNs available on the collector you selected in the previous dialog are listed here. Select a DSN from the list. In the Security section of the dialog, type the user name and password of a user with Analyst access rights on the TSM DB2 server.

   Note: Contact your TSM administrator if you do not have this information.

6. (Optional) Click New DSN to create DSN.

   The Create New DSN dialog appears.

   Provide the following information:

   Host Name

   Specifies the name of the host where the TSM DB2 server is running.

   Port

   Specifies the port used by the target instance on this server.

   DSN

   Specifies the Data Source Name using which you connect to the database. When creating the DSN using the TSM Registration Wizard, the name cannot exceed 32 characters.

   DBAlias

   Specifies the alias name for the database from that you want to collect data.

   DB Name

   Specifies the database from that you want to connect and collect data.

   Description

   Specifies the description of the connection.

7. Select the objects about which you want to collect information from the TSM server. Designate the data collection frequency. Select a language and set the retention period by days (this impacts Sessions, Accounting Sessions, Processes, and Events).

   Note: The default is 180.

   

   Note: Collecting processes give you additional data about the TSM server, but can slow down the data collection process.

8. (Optional) Add a location, organization, or contact to the server.

   To attach a geographic location to the computer or server, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add a location by clicking New Location. Type the location information and select a contact in the Create New Location dialog.

   To attach an organization to the computer or server, select one from the drop-down list. You can manually add an organization by clicking New Organization. Type the organization name and select a contact in the Create New Organization dialog.

   Add a contact by clicking New Contact in the Organization or Location dialogs. Type the name, telephone number, and email address of the new contact person in the Create a New Contact dialog. You can access your default address book by clicking the To: button and select the email address from there. Clicking OK returns you to the New Location or New Organization dialog.

9. Click Register.

   You have successfully registered TSM server.