The instructions on this page are based on the IBM documentation TSM client for Windows v7.1.

The following assumes that the TSM client on the system was installed using the EZ-Backup installer, or using an installation method developed in conjunction with the EZ-Backup team.

The necessary steps are:

• Determine an appropriate backup window (avoiding existing backup window(s) to lessen the impact on system resources)
• Subscribe the new node
• Receive the subscription confirmation e-mail with configuration information
• Logon to the system using a Windows administrator id
• Start a Command session RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
• Navigate to the TSM home directory (C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient).
• Copy the dsm.opt to a new file (called two.dsm.opt here)
• Using a text editor (such as notepad) RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR, edit the configuration information in two.dsm.opt to match that in the subscription confirmation e-mail:
  • TCPSERVERADDress: TSM TCP Server Addr
  • TCPPort: TSM TCP Port Addr
  • NODEName: TSM Node Name
• Save the changed two.dsm.opt
• Connect to the node using the GUI client the with newly-changed two.dsm.opt by:
  • At the Windows command session prompt, type: dsm -optfile=two.dsm.opt
  • when challenged, enter the initial password provided
  • once connected to the node, set a new password
  • do NOT exit the TSM GUI client
• Configure a new scheduler service per the instructions in the Configuring Automatic (Scheduled) Backups section of our Install TSM Client for Windows article EXCEPT
  • Step 5: Specify a unique value for the TSM Scheduler Name (e.g. TSM Client Scheduler Two)
  • Step 6: Specify a unique name for the new TSM Acceptor Name (e.g. TSM Client Acceptor Two)
  • Step 7: Specify the two.dsm.opt created above (with fully qualified pathname, as shown)
  • Step 9: use the Node Name and Password from the confirmation email
  • Step 11: specify unique names for the:
    • Schedule Log (e.g two_dsmsched.log
    • Error Log (e.g. two_dsmerror.log)
• After exiting the TSM GUI client (step 18), verify the existence of the second scheduler via the Windows Services Manager.
• (Optional) Run an initial manual backup using the command line client
  • At the Windows command session prompt, type: dsmc incr -optfile=two.dsm.opt
  • watch the output written back to screen (NOT written to dsmsched.log)
• Exit the Windows command session