To use SSL with a Tivoli Storage Manager Client, you need to receive a certificate from this service.

Please do the following:

1. Open up a command prompt, and depending on your operating system, change to your BA Client BIN directory. For example:
   

   Linux

   cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin

   Windows

   cd "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient"

2. Create your SSL Certificate Store dsmsert.kdb with the following command:
   gsk8capicmd_64 -keydb -create -db dsmcert.kdb -type kdb -stash
   
   
3. Create a Certificate Signing Request using the following command:
   gsk8capicmd_64 -certreq -create -db dsmcert.kdb -stashed -label 'TSM-SL01' -dn 'ssl_dn(); ?>' -size 2048 -file id(); ?>.CSR
   
   
4. Upload your CSR file here 'col-md-3','label'=>'CSR File')); ?> OR, paste the contents of your CSR file here:
   'col-md-6','label'=>'CSR','placeholder'=>'Certificate Sign Request','style'=>'font-family: monospace;','cols'=>61,'rows'=>15)); ?>
5. Submit your CSR to be signed, you'll receive a certificate once approved