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


Creating and Modifying the Client User Options File

During the installation, Tivoli Storage Manager provides a sample client user options file called dsm.opt.smp.

Copy the dsm.opt.smp file to dsm.opt in your installation directory and modify the required options according to your needs.

This file contains the following options:

If you are a root user, you can create a default client user options file for all users on your workstation. If you want to use different options than those specified in the default client user options file, you can create your own client user options file.

To create and modify a default client user options file or client user options file, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Utilities menu and select Setup Wizard.
  2. Select Create a new options file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

You can also create and modify a client user options file by performing the following steps:

  1. Change to the directory containing the sample file. If necessary, contact the root user on your workstation to determine the location.
  2. Copy dsm.opt.smp to dsm.opt or to a new file name of your choice.
  3. From the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, click Edit and then click Preferences and enter any options that you want to change. See Client Options Reference for options supported on your platform and detailed information about each option.

    The preferences editor updates the client configuration files, dsm.opt and dsm.sys, if any options have changed.

    The preferences editor uses the environment variables DSM_DIR to locate the client system options file (dsm.sys) and DSM_CONFIG to locate the client user options file (default name dsm.opt). The preferences editor queries the server for options on the server, but only updates the client options file. The preferences editor groups the options into the following categories:

You may use some options only with commands. For more information about these options, see Chapter 10, "Using Options with Commands".


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