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Adding an Additional IBM i Server

You can add an additional IBM i server to your Commvault solution to replace an existing server or to help reduce the load on existing servers.

Start the Configuration Wizard

  1. From the navigation pane, go to Protect > File servers.

    The Overview page appears.

  2. Go to the File servers tab.

  3. In the upper-right area of the page, click Add server.

    The Configure File Server page appears.

  4. Select IBM i as the server type.

  5. Click Next.

    The Add IBM I Server page of the configuration wizard appears.

  6. In the Server name box, type the server name.

  7. In the Host name box, type the host name.

Configure User Credentials

  1. In the User name and Password boxes, enter the credentials for the IBM i server.

    Note

    The software uses this user profile to run the Commvault operations and to set ownership of Commvault binaries.

    You must select a user profile that meets the following requirements:

    • The profile has the *SECOFR user class and with all special authorities.

    • The profile is enrolled in the QDLS file system when QDLS data protection is required.

    • The profile has the language parameters set to English by using “LANGID(ENU) CNTRYID(US) CCSID(00037)”.

    • For IBM i machines that do not use English as the primary language and that only have non-English language libraries, use a subsystem that has a Subsystem library attribute (SYSLIBLE) set to the English library “QSYS2924” to run Commvault jobs. For more information about how to enable the secondary language for a subsystem, see IBM documentation.

    • You cannot use the following system user profiles: "QDBSHR", "QDOC", "QLPAUTO", "QLPINSTALL", "QRJE", "QSECOFR", "QSPL", "QDFTOWN", "QTSTRQS", "QSYS".

  2. Confirm the password by entering it again in the Confirm password box.

  3. Click Next.

    The Backup Configuration page of the configuration wizard appears.

Access Node

  1. From the Access node client list, select the access node.

Plan

  1. On the Backup Configuration page, move the Configure plan toggle to the right.

  2. From the Plan list, select the backup plan to use for the server.

    Note

    • To use a Commvault VTL 2.0 library for data storage, select an IBM i Commvault VTL 2.0 backup plan.

    • The DR Subclient does not inherit the schedule from backup plan.

  3. If you have not created a backup plan, click the Add button to create one.

    • On the Create server backup plan page, type a name for the backup plan, then provide information about storage, retention, and backup schedules.

      For more information, see Creating a Backup Plan.

  4. Click Next.

    The Advanced Options page of the configuration wizard appears.

Advanced Options

  1. Review the configurations on the Advanced Options page.

    1. In the Subsystem description box, type the IBM i subsystem description of the active subsystem name where the Commvault services run. Use the following format:

      “<Library_Name>/<Subsystem_Description>”.

      For example, if you specify “QSYS/QCTL”, then the software runs the Commvault services, backup and restore jobs, under the QCTL subsystem.

      Note

      For IBM i machines that do not use English as the primary language and that only have non-English language libraries, use a subsystem that has a Subsystem library attribute (SYSLIBLE) set to the English library “QSYS2924” to run Commvault jobs. For more information about how to enable the secondary language for a subsystem, see the IBM documentation.

    2. In the Job queue box, type the Job queue name in the following format: “<Library>/<JOBQ_object>”

      The job queue must be connected to the subsystem that you specified in the Subsystem Description box. If the job queue is not connected, then select the Create job queue check box. When you select this check box, the software creates creates a separate job queue under the Commvault CVLIBOBJ library and connects to the specified subsystem.

    3. To have the software create a separate job queue under the Commvault CVLIBOBJ library and connect to the specified subsystem, move the Create job queue toggle to the right.

      Example

      If the Subsystem Description is “QSYS/QCTL” and you select the Create job queue check box, then the default value for the job queue is “CVLIBOBJ/QCTL”

    4. In the Job priority box, type or select the job priority of the Commvault jobs that run on the IBM i client. The valid values are 1-9, where 1 is the highest priority. The default value is 5.

    5. In the Run priority box, type or select the job run priority of the Commvault jobs that run on the IBM i client. The valid values are 1-99, where 1 is the highest priority. The default value is 50.

  2. Click Add.

Result

The software creates the additional IBM i server. It contains a default backup set with 7 pre-defined subclients (*ALLDLO, *ALLUSR, *CFG, *HST log, *IBM, *LINK, and *SECDTA) along with a DR Subclient.

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