drives that are available for the storage agent to use on behalf of the client. The MAXNUMMP parameter is specified on the REGISTER NODE or UPDATE NODE command.

Step 3. Starting the Storage Agent and Verifying the LAN-free Configuration

During this step you will start the storage agent and verify the LAN-free configuration.

Step 3.1 Start the Storage Agent

Start the storage agent by changing to the storage agent directory and issuing the following command:

dsmsta

Step 3.2 Verify the LAN-free Configuration

To verify that you have configured your system correctly for LAN-free data movement, perform the following procedure:

1.Run a backup operation from the client. Verify that the backup is LAN-free by using a Tivoli Storage Manager administrative command-line client to login to the Tivoli Storage Manager server and storage agent to verify that the proper sessions have been established. When LAN-free data movement is occurring, a QUERY SESSION on the storage agent should show bytes received (displayed as Bytes Recvd) for the node increasing to the total amount of data being backed up. The QUERY SESSION on the Tivoli Storage Manager server should show a very small amount of bytes received (metadata) for the same node. If the node’s session exhibits this behavior, and you receive a message stating that the backup has been successful, you have configured your system correctly.

There are several ways to use the QUERY SESSION command. You can issue the command on the storage agent console if the process is running in the foreground. Or, you can use a command-line client to connect to the storage agent on the administration port of the storage agent. You would use the same administrator ID and password for this command as you would on the server.

2.Ensure the following if you receive a message saying that the backup has failed:

a.The Tivoli Storage Manager server is running. If the Tivoli Storage Manager server is not running, the storage agent will not start.

b.The client, storage agent, and server are communicating with each other as expected.

c.The mount and message is displayed on the storage agent console.

 

Notes:

 

1. If you retry the backup operation after the first failure, the client attempts to

 

use the LAN connection for data movement. The client will continue to use the

 

LAN until the client is stopped and restarted.

2. When using the z/OS data manager server, volumes for sequential access

storage pools that support LAN-free data movement require formatting before

they can be used. LAN-free sessions will fail if the storage pool does not

contain any formatted volumes and does not allow automatic formatting. For

details, refer to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Administrator’s Guide

and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Administrator’s Reference.

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SC32-0129-00 specifications

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