It should mostly work on Windows as well. The only complication I see is in running multiple dsmc/dsmcad processes as services. It might be that option #1 would be easier, although I'm not a Windows expert.
On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 04:18:51PM +0000, Lee, Gary wrote: > Thanks for that. Yes, this will work on linux / unix machines. > However, windows is my big headache. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Skylar Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 11:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] running two distinct tsm client instances pointing to > two different servers on windows box > > Hi Gary, > > There's a couple ways to go about this: > > 1. Have a single SERVERNAME stanza in your dsm.sys file, talking to a > single node on your TSM server. Setup two more nodes on your TSM server, > and use GRANT PROXYNODE to allow the first node to talk to them. You will > then use -ASNODE on the client side to select which node you wish to talk > to. This has the drawback that you can only have one schedule running at > any given time, so if a schedule runs long it could overlap with the start > window of the next node. > > 2. Have two SERVERNAME stanzas in your dsm.sys file, with different > NODENAME attributes. Configure one node per NODENAME attribute. Associate > your schedules with these nodes, and run one "dsmc sched"/dsmcad > process per stanza on the client side. This would allow you to have > schedules for each node running concurrently. > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 04:11:25PM +0000, Lee, Gary wrote: > > I need to do some testing where a client machine must be two distinct tsm > > nodes on different servers; or on the same server but a different domain. > > > > I've been playing with this, but can't seem to get it working. > > > > I want machine client-a backing up to one disk / tape combination, while > > its alter ego client-b backs up to another disk / tape combination on the > > same tsm server. > > > > Most clients will be windows, with a few linux thrown in. > > > > Any ideas would be helpful. > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine -- -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
