Storix Software SBAdmin TSM Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 43)

Storix System Backup Administrator 43 Version 8.2 TSM Edition User Guide
More details on the various entries which follow are described below. Remember, you may use QuickHelp
anywhere on this screen for specific instructions or information on a specific option.
When all selections are complete, press the Save button at the bottom of the screen to save the profile and
clear the current selections.
Selecting the Server or Device
Using the arrow button to the right of the Server Name field, you will get a pop-up list of all TSM servers
and one addition entry “local (client tape)”. When selecting “local (client tape)” you may only select a
single Client, and the Backup Device will be
SBTAPE. Refer to Creating a Local System Backup below for
more information.
If you select a TSM Server, you may select one or more clients to backup as part of the backup job, and the
Device Name field will be disabled.
Selecting/Customizing the Backup Profile
You must assign a backup profile to the job. The profile will determine the specific backup options which
apply to the backup type. Refer to the Volume Groups to Include in the Backup Profiles section for
additional information. After selecting a profile, the Volume Groups to Backup and User Backup
Description fields will be filled in automatically from the profile information (if provided there). You may
override the profile data by simply changing the information in those fields. This will not change the
information in the original profile.
If you want to change any of the default backup settings from the profile, you may select the
View/Customize button. This will display the profile options screen and allow you to make any changes
that will apply only to this job. You may use this option, for instance, to turn on SBAdmin backup
compression (thereby overriding the TSM compression) even though other jobs that use the same profile
will be unaffected. You can also use this option, to change only the
Incremental Backup Level so that all
incremental backups, even those at different levels, can use a single backup profile.
Selecting Clients to Backup
If you selected a TSM Server to backup to, you must make one or more selections from the Clients listbox.
If you selected to backup to local tape, you may select only one client from the list. The selections will be
displayed in the
Name(s) entry field to indicate the order in which the client backups will be performed. If
you want to change the order of the backups, just de-select and re-select the clients in the listbox until they
appear in the desired order.
If you selected “ local (disk/tape)” in the Server field, then you may only select one client from the list,
since that client will be sending the backup to its own local tape drive.
Additional Options
Answers to the following question buttons may be used to override the default actions taken during a
backup:
•
Delete job after running: This option is only available when a backup job has been configured to run
“Later”, or once-only. If so, check this option to have the job configuration removed from the system
upon completion of the backup job. This is useful if you are creating temporary backup jobs that are
never to be used again.
•
Perform snapshot backups: This option is only available if snapshot backups have been configured
for one or more of the selected clients. By default, all backups are performed using the active (online)
copy of a filesystem or logical volume (even when snapshot backups have been configured). To create
snapshots of each logical volume before backing it up, check this button.