Overview of installation and configuration tasks, Chapter, Installing – IBM TIVOLI SC32-0129-00 User Manual

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Chapter

4.

Installing

and

Configuring

External

Library

Environments

Note:

Before

installing

and

configuring

the

storage

agent,

it

is

recommended

that

you

read

“Planning,”

and

fill

out

the

information

forms

in

“Configuration

This

chapter

describes

installing

and

configuring

the

storage

agent

LAN-free

function

in

environments

that

are

using

external

library

supports

as

defined

in

the

Administrator’s

Guide

in

the

appendix,

″External

Media

Management

Interface

Description.

″

For

high-level

descriptions

of

this

environment,

see

and

Environments”

To

install

and

configure

the

storage

agent

for

LAN-free

data

movement:

1.

Read

the

overview

of

the

procedure.

2.

Review

the

complete

procedure

which

follows

the

summary.

3.

Complete

the

steps

described

in

the

procedure.

The

summary

briefly

describes

the

overall

configuration.

It

is

a

good

idea

to

understand

the

overall

process

before

beginning

the

procedure

because

the

process

takes

place

on

multiple

machines

at

different

times.

Overview

of

Installation

and

Configuration

Tasks

The

following

summarizes

the

installation

and

configuration

tasks

provided

in

this

chapter:

v

Step

1:

Verifying

network

configuration

Note:

Ensure

that

your

system

meets

the

prerequisites

for

the

SAN

configuration.

v

Step

2:

Establishing

communications

and

configuring

the

client,

storage

agent,

and

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

server

–

Client

System:

-

Install

the

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

client

or

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

data

protection

application

client,

and

the

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

API.

Specify

the

LAN-free

option.

-

Install

and

set

up

the

storage

agent.

–

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

Server:

-

Configure

the

library

and

drives

on

the

SAN.

-

Define

the

storage

agent

as

a

server.

v

Step

3:

Starting

the

storage

agent

and

verifying

the

LAN-free

configuration

–

Start

the

storage

agent.

–

Verify

the

LAN-free

configuration.

If

you

will

be

using

a

storage

agent

with

external

library

support,

you

must

have

an

external

library

manager

capable

of

exploiting

the

external

library

interface

as

defined

in

the

Administrator’s

Guide

in

the

appendix,

″External

Media

Management

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