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


Setting Options in a File

This section describes how to set options in your client system options file (dsm.sys) or client user options file dsm.opt, and how to use options with commands.

To view or modify an options file, click Edit > Preferences from the Tivoli Storage Manager client GUI. The preferences editor updates the client configuration options file if any options have changed.

You can also edit an options file with your favorite text editor.

To set an option in these files, enter the option name and one or more blank spaces, followed by the option value. For example:

   compression  yes
   nodename     client_a

Some options consist of only the option name, such as verbose and quiet. You can enter the entire option name or its abbreviation. For example, you can specify the verbose option as either of the following:

   verbose
   ve

Follow these additional rules when entering options in your client user options file (dsm.opt):

If you update the client user options file while a GUI or Web client session is active, you must restart the session to pick up the changes.


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