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TSM Configure automatic nightly backups: Windows
- Go to the Start Screen and click on the down arrow to view All Programs, then locate Tivoli Storage Manager. Right-click on Backup-Archive GUI and select Run as Administrator.
- A TSM Login window will pop up. Login in to the TSM server.
- On the Utilities menu, select Setup Wizard.
- Check the box next to Help me configure the TSM Client Scheduler and click Next.
- Begin defining the scheduler by clicking Next.
- Choose to Install a new or additional scheduler. Click Next.
- Name the schedule TSM Client Scheduler. Check the box next to Use the Client Acceptor daemon... (under Local Machine) and click Next.
- Leave the TSM acceptor name as is and click Next.
- Leave the Option File Name as is and click Next.
- Leave the Port Number as is and click Next.
- The Node Name should display your personal node name. If it doesn't, you likely configured the dsm.opt file incorrectly. Enter your TSM Password and click Next.
- Keep The System account selected. Click on the radio button next to Automatically when Windows boots and click Next.
- Leave the log file names as they are and click Next.
- Choose Yes and click Next.
- Click Apply at the confirmation screen.
- You should now see the Completing your configuration box and be taken back to the main Tivoli Storage Manager window. Configuration is now complete.
- You can check whether the automatic TSM-Backup Scheduler worked by visiting your TSM Backup and Archive Administrator webpage the next day and seeing the results.