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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide
Authorized User
Use the nodename option in your client system options file
dsm.sys to identify your workstation to the server.
You can use different node names to identify multiple operating systems on
your workstation.
When you use the nodename option, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts
for the password assigned to the node you specify, if a password is
required.
If you want to restore or retrieve files from the server while you are
working from a different workstation, use the virtualnodename
option. See Virtualnodename for more information.
If you are working from a different workstation, you can use the
nodename option even if the passwordaccess option is set
to generate, however, the password will be stored in the
registry. To prevent this, use the virtualnodename option
instead of nodename.
When connecting to a server, the client must identity itself to the
server. This login identification is determined in the following
manner:
- In the absence of a nodename entry in the client system options
file (dsm.sys), or a virtualnodename entry in the
client user options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name
specified on a command line, the default login ID is the name that the
hostname command returns.
- If a nodename entry exists in the client system options file
(dsm.sys), the nodename entry overrides the name
that the hostname command returns.
- If a virtualnodename entry exists in the client user options
file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name is specified on a
command line, it cannot be the same name as the name returned by the
hostname command. When the server accepts the virtual node
name, a password is required (if authentication is on), even if the
passwordaccess option is generate. When a
connection to the server is established, access is permitted to any file that
is backed up using this login ID.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.
Options File
Place this option in the client system options file
dsm.sys within a server stanza.
Syntax
>>-NODename- nodename------------------------------------------><
Parameters
- nodename
- Specifies a 1 to 64 character node name for which you want to request
Tivoli Storage Manager services. The default is the name of the
workstation.
Examples
- Options file:
- nodename cougar
- Command line:
-
Does not apply.
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