Configure the IBM Spectrum Protect client
After installing the backup-archive client, you must configure it before performing any operations.
If you are upgrading the backup-archive client, it is
unnecessary to reconfigure the scheduler, web client, or other configuration settings. If the
dsm.opt and dsm.sys files used by the previous client
installation are available in the default installation directory or the directory or file pointed to
by the DSM_CONFIG and DSM_DIR environment variables, the client accesses these files for
configuration information.
If you are upgrading the backup-archive client, it is unnecessary to
reconfigure the scheduler, web client, or other configuration settings. If the
dsm.opt file used by the previous client installation is available in the
default installation directory or the directory or file pointed to by the DSM_CONFIG and DSM_DIR
environment variables, the client accesses this file for configuration information.
Some configuration tasks are required, while other tasks are optional. The following configuration tasks are required:
Creating and modifying the client system-options file
Creating and modifying the client options file
- Register your workstation with a server
The following configuration tasks are optional:
Creating a default client-user options file
Creating a customized client user-options file
Environment variables
Create a shared directory options file
Creating multiple client options files
Environment variables
Configuring the language for displaying the backup-archive client GUI
Configuring the web client on Windows systems
Configuring the web client on AIX, Linux, Mac, and Solaris systems
- Configuring the scheduler
Configuring the journal engine service
Configuring online-image backup support
Configuring Open File Support
- Creating an include-exclude list
Configuring parallel backups of VMware virtual machines. See Parallel backups of virtual machines