Installation and User's Guide

in the current working directory. Set this environment variable to the directorywhere the log files should reside. The root directory is not a valid value forDSM_LOG. Specify a directory other than the root directory.6. To access the Web client, enter the following URL from any supported browser,where your_machine_name is the host name of the workstation running the Webclient.:http://your_machine_name:1581Port 1581 is the default port number. You can set a different port number using thehttpport option.The Tivoli Storage Manager Remote Client Agent daemon must not be startedmanually. It is automatically started by the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptordaemon when needed.The options applicable only to the dsmcad program are httpport, managedservices,and webports. You can also use options such as optfile or errorlogname. You canuse the managedservices option to specify whether the Tivoli Storage Managerclient acceptor daemon also manages the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler.All Web client messages are written to the Web client log file, dsmwebcl.log. Errormessages are written to the error log file dsmerror.log, or the file you specify withthe errorlogname option. The dsmwebcl.log and dsmerror.log files reside in thedirectory you specify with the DSM_LOG environment variable or in the currentworking directory. Set this environment variable to the directory where the log filesshould reside. The root directory is not a valid value for DSM_LOG. Specify adirectory other than the root directory.After installing and configuring the Web client on your workstation you can usethe Web client to perform backup, archive, restore, and retrieve operations.Related concepts“Scheduling options” on page 287Related tasks“Starting a Web client session” on page 89Related reference“Httpport” on page 388“Passwordaccess” on page 425Configuring the client schedulerThis task guides you through the steps to configure the client scheduler.Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can schedule Tivoli Storage Manager toperform tasks automatically.For example, you can automatically back up files at the end of each day or archivesome of your files every Friday. This procedure, known as central scheduling, isacooperative effort between the server and your client node. Your administratorassociates clients with one or more schedules that are part of the policy domainmaintained in the server database. The Tivoli Storage Manager administratordefines central scheduling on the server and you start the client scheduler on yourworkstation. Once you start the client scheduler, further intervention is notnecessary.22 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide