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


Creating Multiple Options Files

You can create multiple options files if you have to work with multiple servers, or find that you need multiple sets of parameters to perform backup or archive tasks.

Suppose you want to back up your files to one server (server a), and archive files to another (server b). Instead of editing the dsm.opt file each time you want to connect to a different server, create two options files. For example, create the options files a.opt for server a, and b.opt for server b. Then do one of the following:

  1. From a DOS prompt, use the copy command to replace the dsm.opt file with the appropriate options file before you begin a backup or archive session. For example:
       copy a.opt dsm.opt
       dsm
    
  2. Use the optfile option on the command line to specify the options file you want to use. For example:
       dsm -optfile=b.opt
    
  3. Use the DSM_CONFIG environment variable to specify the options file to use. For example:
       SET DSM_CONFIG=c:\"program files"\tivoli\tsm\baclient\b.opt
    
Note:
The directory path where the executable files are located must be included in the PATH environment variable or you must enter a fully qualified path. If you accepted the defaults during installation, this path is: c:\"program files"\tivoli\tsm\baclient


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