Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2

Thanks Bill - this has solved it


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:16:55 -0700, Bill Smoldt <smoldt AT storsol DOT com> 
wrote:
> OK, now, check that your dsm.opt in the client/ba/bin directory contains the
> line
>
> servername edcbkup
>
> add this line to the first stanza before the **** line
>
> password access generate
>
> execute dsmc and enter your username/password for the client node.
>
> Execute dsmcad, connect via web browser to port 1581, enter a valid TSM
> SERVER username/password (line ADMIN ADMIN).
>
> If that doesn't work, post the relevant lines of you
> client/ba/bin/dsmwebcl.log file.
>
> Bill Smoldt
> STORServer, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Mark Tindall
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:57 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
>
> Bill,
>
> TSM client software is running on Sun solaris boxes (5.9) - TDP
> version is 5.2 - current dsm.sys file below :-
>
> SErvername  edcbkup
> TCPPort            1502
> TCPServeraddress   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Inclexcl    /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude
> MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP   yes
> Nodename        cmsprod
> COMMMETHOD         TCPIP
> schedlogname       /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log
> schedlogretention  7,D
> schedmode       prompted
>
> ************************************************************************
>
> SErvername  oracle
> TCPPort            1502
> TCPServeraddress   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Inclexcl    /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude
> MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP   yes
> Nodename        cmsprod-oracle
> COMMMETHOD         TCPIP
> schedlogname       /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/dsmschedtdp.log
> schedlogretention  7,D
> *schedmode       prompted
> passwordaccess  prompt
>
> ************************************************************************
>
> SErvername  oracle-sched
> TCPPort            1502
> TCPServeraddress   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Inclexcl    /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/adsm.exclude
> MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP   yes
> Nodename        cmsprod-oracle
> COMMMETHOD         TCPIP
> schedlogname       /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/oracle/bin/dsmschedtdp.log
> schedlogretention  7,D
> schedmode       prompted
> passwordaccess  generate
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:23:16 -0700, Bill Smoldt <smoldt AT storsol DOT com> 
> wrote:
> > Mark,
> >
> > Are you on a Windows or UNIX machine?  Do you have passwordaccess generate
> > set in your appropriate dsm.sys stanza (UNIX) or dsm.opt file (Windows)?
> > That is what stores the password locally on the client machine for use
> with
> > dsmc.  If you have a TDP on this same machine and this is a UNIX box, are
> > you using two separate stanzas, one for the TDP and one for the
> > backup/archive client?
> >
> > Are you going to allow users other than TSM admins access through the
> client
> > web interface?  If so, do you have an administrator registered on the
> server
> > with the same name as nodename?  From a TSM admin command line, "query
> > admin" and look for a match with the node from "query node" - the one that
> > matches the nodename option in dsm.sys or the hostname from a shell
> command.
> >
> > Please post your dsm.sys file, version, and the type of TDP you're running
> > on this machine.
> >
> > Bill Smoldt
> > STORServer, Inc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > Behalf Of
> > Mark Tindall
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:19 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > apologies for the late reply but I have been really busy trying to
> > recover a production database. What happens is that I enter the dsmc
> > command before i kick off the dsmcad one and I get asked for
> > hostname/passsword login. Once I complete this I kick off the dsmcad
> > command and connect to the host via a web browser. This connects fine
> > until the point I click on anything where I get the message:
> >
> > ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the server.
> >
> > displayed in a window. You can do nothing else until you click on the
> > "Ok" prompt in the window.
> >
> > I am very new to TSM having come from a Veritas Netbackup background
> > and so dont really have a good understanding of how to setup the
> > normal file system backups (they were all done by someone else from
> > USA). Is there some way of storing the password locally as like I have
> > done for TDP?
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Mark Tindall
> > Email: mark.tindall AT gmail DOT com
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:42:31 -0700, Bill Smoldt <smoldt AT storsol DOT com>
> wrote:
> > > If you are not going to allow anyone except TSM administrators use of
> the
> > > web interface, you can use any existing TSM admin account with
> sufficient
> > > privilege to log in at the dsmcad dialogue box.
> > >
> > > As Richard pointed out to me privately, the command I offered earlier
> > should
> > > have been
> > >
> > > update admin <nodename> <newpassword>  (rather than set admin)
> > >
> > > but that only matters if you created the individual node account at node
> > > registration time, as Richard describes.
> > >
> > > Bill Smoldt
> > > STORServer, Inc.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > > Behalf Of
> > > Richard Sims
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:14 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: Re: Web GUI problems with TSM 5.2
> > >
> > > Check the error log, as recommended in the message explanation.
> > > This is often due to not having an administrative account with owner
> > > privileges to the node.
> > >
> > >    Richard Sims
> > >
> > > On Mar 22, 2005, at 6:04 AM, Mark Tindall wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to get the web gui client working for 4 of our servers for
> > > > normal backups/restores  but keep getting the following error when I
> > > > try to do anything with it:
> > > >
> > > > ANS2604S The Web client agent was unable to authenticate with the
> > > > server.
> > > >
> > > > I think this has something to do with setting a local password (as
> > > > like we have done for TDP) but am at a bit of a loss as to how to do
> > > > this. Could someone explain?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Mark Tindall
> > > > Email: mark.tindall AT gmail DOT com
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Mark Tindall
> Email: mark.tindall AT gmail DOT com
>