## 20.7.7 Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent configuration 

This section describes the process of configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent to establish communication with the Tivoli Storage Manager server in a VMware environment. 

To accomplish this task, complete the following steps: 

1. To establish communication for Tivoli Storage Manager server and Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent, run the commands that are shown in Example 20-13 at the CLI of the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent. 

dsmsta.exe setstorageserver myname=ARCX385084529 mypassword=<user_password> myhladdress=x.x.110.38 servername=ARCX3650N1332 serverpassword=open1sys hladdress=x.x.110.65 lladdress=1500 

2. Disable automatic mounting of volumes on the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent host by running the following command at the CLI prompt of the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent: 

diskpart > automount disable > exit 

Important:  The diskpart  command is necessary to keep the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent from damaging the SAN volumes that are used for raw disk mapping (RDM) virtual disks. 

