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Tivoli Storage Manager for Macintosh Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide

Server Options

Use the servername option in your TSM System Preferences file to specify the start of a group of options (stanza) used to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Multiple stanzas can be set up in the TSM System Preferences file to connect to different servers. Each stanza begins with a servername option and must contain all options required to establish communication with a server. The stanza can also contain other options for backup-archive operations.

If your TSM System Preferences file contains only one stanza -- Your client node contacts the server you specify in that stanza for all services.

If your TSM System Preferences file contains more than one stanza -- You can specify a default server with the defaultserver option. If you do not specify a default server, by default Tivoli Storage Manager contacts the server you specify in the first stanza of your TSM System Preferences file.

Place the defaultserver option at the beginning of your TSM System Preferences file before any server stanzas.

Figure 1 shows a sample TSM System Preferences file.

Figure 1. Sample TSM System Preferences File

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|DEFAULTServer                 server2                                           |
|                                                                                |
|SErvername     server1                                                          |
|  NODename                    node1                                             |
|  COMMMethod                  TCPip                                             |
|  TCPPort                     1500                                              |
|  TCPServeraddress            node.domain.company.com                           |
|  PASSWORDAccess              generate                                          |
|                                                                                |
|SErvername     server2                                                          |
|  NODename                    node2                                             |
|  COMMMethod                  TCPip                                             |
|  TCPPort                     1500                                              |
|  TCPServeraddress            almvmd.almaden.ibm.com                            |
|  PASSWORDAccess              prompt                                            |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Use the servername option in the TSM User Preferences file to specify a server to contact for backup-archive services. This overrides the default server specified in your TSM System Preferences file.


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