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With client scheduling, you can perform the following tasks:
v Display information about available schedules.
v Display information about work that the schedule has completed.
v Modify scheduling options in the client options file (dsm.opt).
The Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor service (CAD) can manage the
scheduler. In this case, the CAD serves as an external timer for the scheduler.
When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event.
The event is either run immediately or the scheduler exits. The CAD restarts the
scheduler when it is time to run the scheduled event. This reduces the number of
background processes on your workstation and resolves memory retention
problems that can occur when running the scheduler service without CAD
management.
You cannot use the dsmcad for scheduling when you set the sessioninitiation
option to serveronly.
Use the managedservices option in your client options file (dsm.opt) to specify
whether the CAD manages the scheduler.
Important: If you run the client scheduler on the command line, the scheduler
does not run as a background service.
Perform the following steps to configure the CAD to manage the client scheduler:
1. Select Utilities → Setup Wizard → Help me configure the TSM Client
Scheduler from the Tivoli Storage Manager main window. The TSM Scheduler
Wizard window appears.
2. Select the Install a new or additional scheduler task and press the Next
button. The TSM Scheduler name and location window displays
3. Specify the name of the Scheduler. Select the Local Machine and Use the
Client Acceptor daemon (CAD) to manage the schedule options. Click the
Next button. The Select the names of the Web services window displays.
4. Specify the name of the client acceptor service that you want to manage the
scheduler. If the CAD is already installed for use by the Web client, select that
CAD from the drop down list. Otherwise, type the name you want to give the
CAD, for example, TSM Client Acceptor. Click the Next button.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the configuration of the
options file name, the HTTP port the CAD uses, authentication information,
service login options, log file names, and immediate start option.
Note:
v If the sessioninitiation option is set to serveronly in your client options file
(dsm.opt), the client setup wizard and scheduler service might be unable to
initiate authentication with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. To avoid this
problem, ensure that the Contact the TSM Server to validate password
checkbox on the TSM Authentication page is unchecked.
v In the Service login options window, select the Automatically when Windows
boots option to have the service started automatically when Windows starts so
that your schedules are run.
v You can also use the Scheduler Service Configuration utility. The Scheduler
Service Configuration utility must be run from an account that belongs to the
Administrator/Domain Administrator group. You can start multiple client
scheduler services on your system.
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