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Setting up Storage Agent service using the command line
Example 16-16 shows how to define a Storage Agent service using the
command line. It is based on the assumption that you defined your Storage
Agent using the syntax in Example 16-13 on page 546, since the same service
name is needed here. Note that you must also provide your Windows
administrator account and password.
Example 16-16 Storage Agent service installation using the command line
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\storageagent>install "TSM StorageAgent1"
"C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\storageagent\dstasvc.exe" Administrator Password
Service installed
16.3.4 Device configuration on the Storage Agent
Now we proceed to the device configuration part of the overall LAN-free
configuration. The Storage Agent, in order to be able to use drives in the shared
library, must have defined paths to these drives on the server.
We recommend that you define paths to all available drives, even if you only
want the Storage Agent to use some of them. In this case, limit the number of
available mount points in the device class using the MOUNTLIMIT parameter,
rather than defining a subset of the paths. Thus, you increase the chance that the
Storage Agent can get a mount point if needed.
To configure the devices, you need to identify which drives are seen by the
Storage Agent system. The tsmdlst utility in the Storage Agent installation
directory provides this function.
Using tsmdlst, you can easily display information for devices attached to your
Storage Agent. Apart from the device name, it displays SCSI ID, LUN, bus, port,
and device identifier information, which typically includes microcode level
information. In SAN environments, tsmdlst lists any HBAs along with any
corresponding device driver information. For SAN devices, the serial number
(SSN) and World Wide Name (WWN) are also displayed if they can be detected.
Example 16-17 shows the output of the tsmdlst command on our DIOMEDE
Storage Agent. We trimmed the description field of the command output to fit the
example in the page without wrapping.
Example 16-17 Device listing as seen by the Windows machine using tsmdlst utility
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\storageagent>
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