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


Creating and Modifying the Client Options File (Required )

A client options file contains most of the necessary settings for performing backup and archive operations. These settings include the communication protocol you are using and the name of the backup server that you will connect to. When you run the program, if it does not detect an options file, it will automatically launch the configuration wizard to help you create one. If you want to manually start the wizard later, perhaps to modify your options file, follow these steps:

  1. Launch the GUI by either double-clicking the TSM Backup Client icon on your desktop, or going to the Windows task bar and clicking Start> Programs> Tivoli Storage Manager > Backup Archive GUI.
  2. From the Utilities menu, select Setup Wizard. This will launch the TSM Client Configuration Wizard.
  3. On the first panel of the TSM Client Configuration Wizard, make sure Help me configure the TSM Backup Archive Client is selected.
  4. Follow the prompts to finish creating your options file. Click the Help button if you need assistance completing the wizard. The wizard places an options file named dsm.opt in the same directory where you installed the client files.
Note:
You need to know a few technical details, such as the name of the backup server you will be connecting to and the port it listens on, in order to successfully create your client options file. If you do not know this information, contact your local administrator.

You can also modify your options file manually. The install process creates a sample client options file called dsm.smp. If you accepted the default installation path, this file is in the Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\config directory. The dsm.smp file is a generic configuration file that contains communication parameters that are normally used in a Windows environment. You can use this file as a template when customizing your own options file. First, copy the dsm.smp file to your Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient directory and rename it dsm.opt. Open it in Notepad or your favorite plain text editor and use the following guidelines to customize it for your environment.

One of the options file's most important purposes is to define the communication protocol used between your workstation and the backup server. Use the commmethod option to specify a communication protocol. For example, to use the TCP/IP communication protocol, enter:

   COMMmethod TCPIP

You must also specify the TCP/IP server address of the backup server you will connect to using the tcpserveraddress option. For example, you can enter the following:

   TCPServeraddress dsmchost.endicott.ibm.com

You may also specify what you want to call your workstation by using the nodename option. When you register with the backup server during setup, this is the name the server will use for your workstation. If you do not specify a node name, the server will identify your workstation by its host name. You can type hostname at a DOS command prompt to see your workstation's host name. For more information about registration requirements, see Registering Your Workstation with a Server (Required).

You can also use the options file to specify authorization, backup and archive processing, and scheduling options. The options specified in your options file are in effect every time you start Tivoli Storage Manager from either the GUI or the command line. However, you can override options temporarily by using the command line.

Your backup server can override your options by using server defined and enforced client option sets. See Chapter 9, Setting Processing Options for more information about option processing.

Notes:

  1. See Client Options Reference for detailed information about the supported options for your platform.

  2. See Communication Options for supported communication protocols for your Windows client.

Once you have created an options file, you can use one of the following methods to edit your options file from the GUI:


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