How to configure Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Fastback Server and Fastback Manager
Starting & Configuring FastBack Manager
Before you begin
Installing the FastBack Server and FastBack Client on the same system is supported. However, if you install the server and client on the same system, before you start FastBack Manager, enable the SAN Module option. When you install the FastBack Client, by default, the SAN Module option is disabled. For more information about enabling the SAN Module option, see Connecting client to server.The default <install_directory> path is /opt/IBM/Tivoli/TSM/FastBack/
Run the following command:
./manager/fastbackmanager.sh
Enter the FastBack Server IP address.
- In the login window, type your user name. The default user name is admin. The authorization policy is case-sensitive. Letters must be typed in the correct case.
- Type your password. The default password is admin123. The authorization policy is case-sensitive. Letters must be typed in the correct case.
- Select a domain. The default domain is XPRESS-RESTORE. After you select the domain, the configuration is loaded.Click Login. A message is displayed.
- If this is the first time you start the FastBack Manager, you can click Add Repository to identify a repository. If you do not want to identify a repository, click Cancel.
- After FastBack Manager is displayed, you can add a repository by selecting General Configuration > Storage Pool > Repository Pool. From the menu, you can add or claim a repository.
- Change the Active Directory settings to allow for anonymous enumeration SID and name translations.
- Log off.
- Log on.
- Restart the FastBack Server service.
User Management & Security
- Create and configured user groups in FastBack Manager. User groups that you create in FastBack Manager can have different access permissions. For example, one group might have administrator permissions and another group might have more restrictive permissions. To create and configure user groups, you must be classified as a super user with administrator permissions.
- Default user groups that are included with FastBack Manager cannot be changed.
- Use Microsoft Active Directory user groups that are added to the Active Directory group list in FastBack Manager. FastBack Manager recognizes these group members for the Active Directory as super users. These users are automatically assigned the correct access permissions.
- A user can be assigned to only one user group.
- If you are the administrator, change the default password. Use the following rules when changing a password:
- Passwords cannot match the user name.
- Password must be at least 8 characters.
- Passwords cannot exceed 20 characters.
- Passwords must include at least one digit and one letter.
- The following characters cannot be used: \*?\"<>|;^'.$#@&,
Configuring Fastback Server Screenshots:
- Go to Windows services and the user id which you want to use for the fastback server operationsas shown below.
- Creating Activedirectory user which will make him a Super User in Fastback Server. Later if you find that Fastback manager says limited mode, then this is the first thing you should check. Check if the username you have used having the privileges or not. In the below screenshot I have added user administrator to the AD group Administrators which have all privileges on this system.
Now, its time to login to the Fastback manager with default username and password and make that administrator username as super user. To do that please see below screenshots.
- Since we are using the default username & password, it is advised that we make our own username as super user. To do that , we need to add that Administrators AD group to Fastback server. Check it out, how to do it.
- I have added administrator user in TSMTEST domain to the Administrators Active Directory Group, this group should have all privileges. In the below screen I am just selecting that AD group and add the users. Right click on AD Groups tab to add groups
- Now, we can login with our username and password. This way your server is secure and also have all privileges.