When you purchase the server license you automatically receive a client license for that machine to be able to back itself up whether you use sharedmem, namedpipe, or tcpip, etc. Doesn't matter.
Nici Albrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDR Consulting & Education IBM Business Partner TSM Certified AIX Certified ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Mansfield wrote: > Under the old licensing a TSM server was permitted to back itself up > without an extra license as long as it used the shared memory protocol. > This would also be true under the new licensing, since you just count > processors across the board. > > _____________________________ > William Mansfield > Senior Consultant > Solution Technology, Inc > > Gerald Wichmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 04/30/2002 01:30 PM > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Re: TSM Server Console > > Hmm I can't answer for sure whether a server counts as a client if you > back > it up to itself. I assume so.. > > But installing the ba client on the server to use the dsmadmc program and > actually backing up the server to itself (so to speak) are two different > things. You don't use a client license simply because you installed the > product at the OS level. You use a client license when you define a node > in > TSM and actually back up regularly to it. > > Gerald Wichmann > Sr. Systems Development Engineer > Zantaz, Inc. > 925.598.3099 w > 408.836.9062 c > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Zhang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TSM Server Console > > Does that mean I need another license for a client in order to install > dsmadmc on the server? > > Thanks > > Fred Zhang > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TSM Server Console > > Yes you need dsmadmc > > The only other thing you could do is halt the server and restart it using > dsmserv and leave it running in interactive mode to serve as your console. > But I wouldn't recommend it. Shouldn't be any real reason not to install > dsmadmc on the server. > > Gerald Wichmann > Sr. Systems Development Engineer > Zantaz, Inc. > 925.598.3099 w > 408.836.9062 c > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Zhang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TSM Server Console > > Hi all, > > I installed TSM server at one machine and a backup-archive client at > another > mahine. And they are working fine. But one problem I have is: I closed the > server console window after I started the server. And now I cannot re-open > it (I know I can open the console at the client machine by using "dsmadmc > -console"), but currently we do not install the backup-archive client at > the > server machine. Is there any other way to re-open the server console at > the > server machine? or dsmadmc is the only way to open the server console at > the > server machine? If so, does this mean I have to install a client at the > server machine? > > thanks > > Fred Zhang
