Three administrative lists, or admin files, determine the users who can perform specific backup and restore operations. Depending on the operation to be performed, you must be included in one or more of the following files:
· The admin.bak file on each server machine on which the Backup Database is stored. You must be listed in this file for any operation initiated by a bak command.
· The admin.fl file on each server machine on which the FLDB is stored. You must be included in this file for any operation that involves the Fileset Location Server (FL Server), such as backing up or restoring filesets.
· The admin.ft file on any File Server machine from which you dump filesets or to which you restore filesets. You must be listed in this file for any command that involves the Fileset Server, such as backing up or restoring filesets.
To avoid confusion, include any user who works with the Backup System on all three administrative lists on the appropriate machines. The operations in this topic direct users to verify that they, meaning they or a group to which they belong, are included in the appropriate administrative lists (admin.bak, admin.fl, and admin.ft). Use the bos lsadmin command to display the members of an administrative list.
Note: If you have not included users who are to issue bak commands on all three of these administrative lists, some commands may not work as detailed in this and the following topic.