A P P E N D I X C - Windows Operating System Prerequisites

A P P E N D I X C

Windows Operating System Prerequisites

This appendix provides reference information related to installing the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). It contains the following procedures:

Installing the ODBC Data Source Administrator

Installing the TSM ODBC Driver

Configuring the ODBC System DSN

Installing the ODBC Data Source Administrator

The ODBC Data Source Administrator is a Microsoft executable, odbcad32.exe.

1. Confirm the executable exists on your platform.

The location of the data source administrator executable is platform specific.

On a 32-bit environment the Data Source Administrator exists in the directory:

x:\WINDOWS\system32

where x:\ is the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C:).

On a 64-bit environment the Data Source Administrator exists in the directory:

x:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64

where x:\ is the drive letter where Windows is installed (usually C:).

If the machine does not have the ODBC data source administrator installed, it can be downloaded from Microsoft. It is distributed as part of the Microsoft Data Access Components.

a. Download the Data Access components using the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c&DisplayLang=en

b. Follow the instructions on the Microsoft web site to install the Data Access components.

2. To start the ODBC Data Source Administrator, open the Control Panel and go to Administrative Tools > Data Sources (ODBC).

Installing the TSM ODBC Driver

The TSM ODBC driver is provided by IBM as part of the TSM software.

1. Check to see if the ODBC driver is installed on your machine. If it is, go to Step 3.

If the driver is not already installed, you can:

install it from the TSM distribution media

download/install it from this FTP site

2. If the TSM distribution media is not available, download the software from IBM using the following FTP site:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v5r4/Windows/x32/v540

a. Download the 5.4.0.0-TIV-TSMODBC-WinX32.exe and 5.4.0.0-TIV-TSMODBC-README_enu.htm files.

The .exe is the installation program and the .htm file contains the installation instructions.

b. Follow the installation instructions in 5.4.0.0-TIV-TSMODBC-README_enu.htm.

3. Run the .exe executable.

Configuring the ODBC System DSN

You must configure the Data Source Name (DSN). The following procedure is an example of how to configure the DSN on a Windows 2003 platform.

1. From the Windows desktop, click Start.

2. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools.

3. Select Data Sources ODBC to launch the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

Note - If you are in a 64-bit Windows environment, you must launch the ODBC Data Source Administrator manually. From the /x/:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\directory, launch the odbcad32.exe file.

4. Click the System DSN tab.

5. Click Add.

6. Scroll down the list, select the TSM ODBC Driver for the data source you are creating, and click Finish.

7. Enter a descriptive name for the System DSN that will be used to connect to a TSM database server in the Data source name field.

8. Enter the address to connect to the TSM database server in the TCP/IP address field.

9. Click OK.

10. Verify the connection to the TSM server using the System DSN.

Note - Sun recommends using a third-party ODBC query tool (for example, QTADO) to verify the System DSN.

Next Steps

After you verify the connection to the TSM server, you are ready to log in to the SBM browser interface and configure the agent as described in Chapter 3.