When you purchase the server license you automatically receive a client
license for that machine to be able to back itself up whether you use
sharedmem, namedpipe, or tcpip, etc. Doesn't matter.

Nici Albrecht
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Bill Mansfield wrote:
Bill Mansfield wrote:

> Under the old licensing a TSM server was permitted to back itself up
> without an extra license as long as it used the shared memory protocol.
> This would also be true under the new licensing, since you just count
> processors across the board.
>
> _____________________________
> William Mansfield
> Senior Consultant
> Solution Technology, Inc
>
> Gerald Wichmann <gwichman AT ZANTAZ DOT COM>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 04/30/2002 01:30 PM
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: TSM Server Console
>
> Hmm I can't answer for sure whether a server counts as a client if you
> back
> it up to itself. I assume so..
>
> But installing the ba client on the server to use the dsmadmc program and
> actually backing up the server to itself (so to speak) are two different
> things. You don't use a client license simply because you installed the
> product at the OS level. You use a client license when you define a node
> in
> TSM and actually back up regularly to it.
>
> Gerald Wichmann
> Sr. Systems Development Engineer
> Zantaz, Inc.
> 925.598.3099 w
> 408.836.9062 c
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Zhang [mailto:fred.zhang AT NETIQ DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:16 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM Server Console
>
> Does that mean I need another license for a client in order to install
> dsmadmc on the server?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Zhang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:gwichman AT ZANTAZ DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:41 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM Server Console
>
> Yes you need dsmadmc
>
> The only other thing you could do is halt the server and restart it using
> dsmserv and leave it running in interactive mode to serve as your console.
> But I wouldn't recommend it. Shouldn't be any real reason not to install
> dsmadmc on the server.
>
> Gerald Wichmann
> Sr. Systems Development Engineer
> Zantaz, Inc.
> 925.598.3099 w
> 408.836.9062 c
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Zhang [mailto:fred.zhang AT NETIQ DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:10 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: TSM Server Console
>
> Hi all,
>
> I installed TSM server at one machine and a backup-archive client at
> another
> mahine. And they are working fine. But one problem I have is: I closed the
> server console window after I started the server. And now I cannot re-open
> it (I know I can open the console at the client machine by using "dsmadmc
> -console"), but currently we do not install the backup-archive client at
> the
> server machine. Is there any other way to re-open the server console at
> the
> server machine? or dsmadmc is the only way to open the server console at
> the
> server machine? If so, does this mean I have to install a client at the
> server machine?
>
> thanks
>
> Fred Zhang