IBM Tivoli

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How to install TSM client on Ubuntu 64bit

Refer to:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/t_inst_linuxx86client.html

• Get the tarball from the ftp server

cd /tmp

wget ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com//storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v7r1/Linux/LinuxX86_DEB/BA/v714/7.1.4.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar

• Extract the tarball into the /tmp folder

tar -xvf 7.1.4.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar

• Install packages

sudo dpkg -i gskcrypt64_8.0-50.52.linux.x86_64.deb
sudo dpkg -i gskssl64_8.0-50.52.linux.x86_64.deb
sudo dpkg -i tivsm-api64.amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i tivsm-ba.amd64.deb

• Fix language error

cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
ln -s ../../lang/EN_US/ EN_ZA

• Configure the client by setting dsm.sys/opt

cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin
sudo nano dsm.sys
sudo nano dsm.opt

See: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_cfg.html

• Test

dsmc

• Enable backups

Add the following to the /etc/crontab file:

MAILTO=wklap@sun.ac.za,sysadm@sun.ac.za,hgibson@sun.ac.za
30 23 * * * root /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc i -quiet

• Configure backups

Notify central IT to configure backups to the IT server.