This knowledge base entry is relevant for older versions of Spectrum Protect that the Division of Information Technology (DIT) will cease supporting in the near future. It has been maintained here temporarily as DIT migrates data backup services to a new architecture. Visit Data Backup for updated service information and to request migration to the updated backup service environment.
Open the Spectrum Protect(SP) Backup/Archive Client Graphical User Interface (GUI) from the Applications menu from a Finder window.
You have successfully installed and configured your SP Backup/Archive Client GUI. Your system will be henceforth backed up regularly from a SP central backup schedule. To check what SP does on a daily basis, open /Library/Logs/tivoli/tsm/dsmsched.log with a text reader and examine for any error notifications. Ideally, you should see entries such as the following:
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Scheduler has been started by Dsmcad.
01/21/2010 15:45:27 TSM Backup-Archive Client Version 6, Release 1, Level
0.2
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Querying server for next scheduled event.
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Node Name: CHET-MACTEST.UMD.EDU
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Session established with server TSMUMD01: AIX-RS/6000
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 3.0
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Server date/time: 01/21/2010 15:45:28 Last access:
01/21/2010 15:44:27
01/21/2010 15:45:27 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY BEGIN
01/21/2010 15:45:27 --- SCHEDULEREC QUERY END
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Next operation scheduled:
01/21/2010 15:45:27
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01/21/2010 15:45:27 Schedule Name: OSFILES-WEEKDAY-INCR-1200
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Action: Incremental
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Objects:
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Options:
01/21/2010 15:45:27 Server Window Start: 12:00:00 on 01/22/2010
01/21/2010 15:45:27
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01/21/2010 15:45:28 Scheduler has been stopped.