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8.1 Management
Using the information you have gathered during the planning phase, as well as
the understanding you have gained from reading IBM Tivoli Storage
Management Concepts, SG24-4877, you should be able now define both users
and clients on your Tivoli Storage Manager server.
There are two categories of users:
򐂰 Administrators
򐂰 Client nodes
8.1.1 Administrators
Administrators manage Tivoli Storage Manager server resources such as
storage pools, devices, and data management policies.
You need at least one administrator—and can have more with varying levels of
authority. Administrators with system privileges can perform any Tivoli Storage
Manager function. Administrators with policy, storage, operator, or analyst
privileges can perform subsets of Tivoli Storage Manager functions.
Administrators primarily use the Tivoli Storage Manager command-line interface
(CLI) or the Administration Center to enter commands acting against the Tivoli
Storage Manager server.
Administrators may also use the Web backup-archive client to perform backup,
restore, archive, and retrieve operations on behalf of other users remotely. A
typical scenario is where help desk personnel use the Web client to perform
these client tasks for their end users without needing to be physically present at
the end-user location or to log on to the client machine. They can simply perform
the operation from their browser. Use of the Web backup-archive client requires
special
client access authority
for the client, which will be restored.
All commands issued by administrators are logged to the server activity log. See
2.11, “Administrator IDs” on page 59, for planning considerations.
In a smaller implementation, there may be only one Tivoli Storage Administrator
performing both administrator and help desk services. In larger enterprises,
these functions are probably both functionally and geographically dispersed, so
that multiple administrators with different authorities are required.