Product Notes for Use of TSM

• Supported Tape Coordinator machine types

  To communicate with a TSM server, the Tape Coordinator must run on a machine that uses one of the following operating systems: AIX 4.3 or higher, Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7.

• Supported version of TSM API

  The AFS 3.6 Tape Coordinator uses version 3.7.1 (Version 3, Release 7) of the TSM client API. Use of other versions of the API is not supported or tested. For instructions on obtaining the API, see Configuring the Backup System and TSM.

• CFG_tcid file is required for TSM servers

  To communicate with a TSM server, a Tape Coordinator must have a CFG_tcid file that includes the following fields: SERVER, TYPE, and PASSWORD or PASSFILE. For instructions on creating the file, see Configuring the Backup System and TSM.

• No entry in tapeconfig file for TSM servers

  Do not create an entry in the /usr/afs/backup/tapeconfig file for a Tape Coordinator that communicates with an XBSA server such as TSM. Creating the CFG_tcid file is sufficient.

• Acceptable value for the TYPE instruction

  In AFS 3.6, there is one acceptable value for the TYPE instruction in the CFG_tcid file: tsm.

• TSM node name must be defined

  If the NODE instruction is not included in the /usr/afs/backup/CFG_tcid file, the TSM dsm.sys file must define a value for the NODENAME variable.

• Unsupported backup commands and options

  The following commands are not supported for XBSA servers such as TSM. In other words, the commands fail with an error message when their -port argument specifies a Tape Coordinator that communicates with an XBSA server:

  • backup labeltape

  • backup readlabel

  • backup restoredb

  • backup savedb

  • backup scantape

  In addition, the -append flag to the backup dump command is ignored when the -port argument specifies a Tape Coordinator that communicates with an XBSA server (the notion of appended dumps does not apply to XBSA servers).