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

Virtualnodename

The virtualnodename option specifies the node name of your workstation when you want to restore or retrieve files to a different workstation.

When you use the virtualnodename option in your client options file, or with a command:

When connecting to a server, the client must identity itself to the server. This login identification is determined in the following ways:

When the virtual node name is accepted by the server, a password is required (assuming authentication is on), even if the passwordaccess option is generate. The password is not stored in the registry even when the passwordaccess option is set to generate.Once a connection to the server is established, then access is permitted to any file backed up using this login ID.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all Windows clients.

Options File

Place this option in the client options file dsm.opt.

Syntax

>>-VIRTUALNodename- nodename-----------------------------------><
 
 

Parameters

nodename
Specifies a 1- to 64-character name that identifies the node for which you want to request Tivoli Storage Manager services. There is no default.

Examples

Options file:
virtualnodename cougar

Command line:
-virtualn=banshee

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


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