Target Service Agents (Tsas) - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Target Service Agents (TSAs)

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If a cluster server is chosen as the target, only noncluster volumes will be
backed up. You have to back up each pool individually.
You might abort an ongoing backup job with the intention of resubmitting
the same job later. In such situations, the job will not restart from where
it was terminated; it will restart from the beginning.
For more information, see
Server" on page 56.
In SMS, a target is any machine on the network that requires backup.
Examples of targets include SQL database engines, eDirectory databases,
workstations, and NetWare servers.
Through specific TSAs, SBCON allows you to back up the information that
exists on the following targets. These TSAs are listed in general as follows:
Target Services and Their Corresponding Target Service Agents
Target Service
NetWare 6
Windows 95 and 98 workstation
Windows 2000 and Windows NT
workstation
MAC workstation
®
GroupWise data
OS/2 machine
A Target Service Agent (TSA) is a software module that understands how to
scan, read, and write the target data. The primary functions of an SMS TSA
are to prepare the target data for backup or restoration, and to communicate
with the storage management engine (SME). For example, an SMS TSA for a
NetWare server understands name spaces, file and directory attributes,
security privileges, etc., for the data on that server.
"Backing Up Cluster-enabled Pools from the
Corresponding Target Service
Agent
TSA600
W95TSA
Windows NT TSA
MACTSA
GWTSA
OS/2 TSA