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TSM Service Registration
Registration for the TSM service is restricted to University of Maryland
departmental servers and faculty/staff workstations. Student workstations and
non-University machines do not qualify. To register for the data protection
service, please gather the following information for each node that you wish to
be registered for service.
To setup an administrative group or to be associated with an existing
administrative group:
- At least one administrative contact with a name, email, and phone number.
Administrative contacts are responsible for specifying the retention
policies for the node and handle billing for the node or set of nodes.
They will also receive summary invoice reports via email for charges incurred in
the previous billing cycle.
To have individual machines/nodes registered on our TSM server:
- Host name of the node to be used for node name registration
- A valid FRS number per node. This will be used for monthly billing
purposes.
- One technical contact with a name (or group name), email, and phone number.
This contact is responsible for the proper operation and monitoring of the TSM
client. They should check error reports, take corrective actions, and may be contacted
by us for technical reasons. The technical contact will be emailed for
failed or missed backups. Technical and administrative contacts may be the same
individuals. A technical contact may reference a reflector email
address.
- Client operating systems. The following are supported:
- Windows
- Solaris
- Redhat Linux
- Mac OSX
- Novell Netware
- AIX 5L
Follow the download navigation links for client downloads.- Determine which default policy to assign the node. Check the
Service Information
page to see what the current offerings are.
Finally, for billing and license audit purposes, please provide additional
machine information:
- What type of node will this be: Workstation, Server, or Data
Protection?
- Workstation is defined as a machine which only has one user and no shared services
- Server is defined as a machine with more than one user and has shared
services
- Data Protection is a specialized TSM client for backing up databases,
i.e. Oracle, MS-SQL, and applications
IMPORTANT: If the node is a workstation, the remaining information
is unnecessary.
- Processor Vendor: Enter the
processor vendor: AMD, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Intel, Sun, or Other
- Processor Brand:
Enter the brand of the processor. For example, a POWER 6 processor would be
an IBM brand. Likewise, a Xeon is an Intel brand.
- Cores per Processor: Enter the number of cores per
processor. For example, dual-core processors have two cores per processor.
- Number of Processors: Enter the number of physical processors in the
machine.
Registration for the backup service is restricted to University of Maryland
departmental and affiliate servers and faculty/staff workstations. Student
workstations and non-University machines will not be eligible for backup
service. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN (9/05/2005).
Once you have the information requested, follow the instructions on the following page:
TSM Node Registration
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