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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Schedmode

Authorized User

The schedmode option specifies whether you want to use the polling mode (your client node periodically queries the server for scheduled work), or the prompted mode (the server contacts your client node when it is time to start a scheduled operation). All communication methods can use the client polling mode, but only TCP/IP can use the server prompted mode.

Note:
This option applies only if you are using the TCP/IP communication method, and the schedule command is running.

Your administrator can specify that the server support both modes or just one mode. If your administrator specifies that both modes are supported, you can select either schedule mode. If your administrator specifies only one mode, you must specify that mode in your client options file or scheduled work will not process.

If you specify the prompted mode, you must supply values for the tcpclientaddress and tcpclientport options on the schedule command. You can then be contacted at an address or port other than the one that made first contact with the server.

Notes:

  1. Tivoli Storage Manager does not support the scheduler running in prompted mode outside a firewall.

  2. The server can also define this option.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File

Place this option in the client system options file dsm.sys.

Syntax

             .-POlling--.
>>-SCHEDMODe-+----------+--------------------------------------><
             '-PRompted-'
 
 

Parameters

POlling
The client scheduler queries the server for scheduled work at prescribed time intervals. This is the default. You can set the time intervals using the queryschedperiod option.

PRompted
The client scheduler waits for the server to contact your client node when scheduled work needs to be done.

Examples

Options file:
schedmode prompted

Command line:
-schedmod=po

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.


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