UNC Linux Users Group

["Alan Hoyle" <alanh AT email.unc.edu>]

I recently built up a linux box using Ubuntu and discovered that it's
not hard to set it up to use the TSM backup client.  Assuming you have
a passing familiarity with setting up TSM on RPM-based distributions,
here are the basic steps:

1. Install the "alien" package which lets you (among other things)
install RPM packages on Ubuntu or other Debian-based distros.

   $ sudo apt-get install alien

2.  download the TSM client software from IBM

3.  untar the TSM RPMs...

4.  Use alien to install the appropriate RPMs.
   $ sudo alien -i --scripts TIVsm-API.i386.rpm TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm

5.  Set up the normal TSM stuff (dsm.opt/dsm.sys/inclexcl.dsm).

6.  Run a manual backup.

    $ sudo dsmc incremental

7.  open ports 1500 and 1501 to the backup server in your firewall.

8.  Instead of creating an inittab, use Upstart and create a
/etc/event.d/dsm file containing:

---------------------------------  /etc/event.d/dsm
---------------------------------
# dsm
#
# This service starts the Tivoli Storage Manager "dsmc sched" backup process
# and respawns it as the scheduled happens.

start on runlevel-2
start on runlevel-3
start on runlevel-4
start on runlevel-5

stop on runlevel 0
stop on runlevel 1
stop on runlevel 6

respawn
exec /usr/bin/dsmc sched >/dev/null 2>&1
---------------------------------  end /etc/event.d/dsm
---------------------------------

9.  Start the dsmc sched process

    $ sudo start dsm

10.  Check to see if the /var/log/dsmsched.log is correct.

    $ tail /var/log/dsmsched.log

06/29/07   13:33:13 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY END
06/29/07   13:33:13 Next operation scheduled:
06/29/07   13:33:13 
------------------------------------------------------------
06/29/07   13:33:13 Schedule Name:         AM0230
06/29/07   13:33:13 Action:                Incremental
06/29/07   13:33:13 Objects:
06/29/07   13:33:13 Options:
06/29/07   13:33:13 Server Window Start:   02:30:00 on 06/30/07
06/29/07   13:33:13 
------------------------------------------------------------
06/29/07   13:33:13 Waiting to be contacted by the server.



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  Alan Hoyle  -  alanh AT unc.edu  -  http://www.alanhoyle.com/
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