Yale University

NEW USERS:
Welcome to Yale's Central Backup
www.yale.edu/tsm

Thank you for requesting a Central Backup account.

You have been directed to this page by an email message indicating that you have a newly created TSM account. This message included the nodename you requested and information on your TSM Password. In the unusual circumstance that your nodename could not be created as you requested, you have been informed of the new nodename.

You can set up your TSM password with Central Backup's Password Setup Utility, which can be found at Central Backup's home page.

  1. The next step in the TSM Process is to install the program.
  2. If you have register for automatic (scheduled) backup, you can monitor it everyday by logging on to:
    • Yale's Central Backup web page
      which will tell you how many days since you have backed up
      You can also check what was backed up and any errors that may have occurred during the operation, by examining the files in the following locations:

    • Windows NT/2000/XP

      HardDisk\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log (files backed up)

      HardDisk\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmerror.log (error messages)

      HardDisk\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsrvc.log (service errors)

    • Windows 95/98/Me

      HardDisk\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.log (each file backed up)

      HardDisk\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmerror.log each error message)

    • Mac OS X

      /Applications/Tivoli Storage Manager/TSM Scheduler Log

      /Applications/Tivoli Storage Manager/TSM Error Log

    • Macintosh Classic

      BootDrive:...:Tivoli Storage Manager:TSM Scheduler Log

      BootDrive:...:Tivoli Storage Manager:TSM Error Log

  3. In case of problems, you have a number of support options:

 

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Thank you for using Yale's Central Backup.