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Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide

Tapeprompt

The tapeprompt option specifies whether you want to wait for a tape to mount if it is required for a backup, archive, restore, or retrieve process, or to be prompted for a choice.

Tape prompting does not occur during a scheduled operation regardless of the setting for the tapeprompt option.

The tapeprompt option can be used with the following commands:

archive
incremental
restore
retrieve
selective
Note:
The server can also define this option.

Options File

Place this option in the client options file dsm.opt.

Syntax

              .-No--.
>>-TAPEPrompt-+-----+------------------------------------------><
              '-Yes-'
 
 

Parameters

No
You are not prompted for your choice. The server waits for the appropriate tape to mount. This is the default.

Yes
You are prompted when a tape is required to back up, archive, restore, or retrieve data. At the prompt, you can wait for the appropriate tape to be mounted, always wait for a tape to be mounted, skip a particular object, skip all objects on a single tape, skip all objects on all tapes, or cancel the entire operation.

Examples

Options file:
tapeprompt yes

Command line:
-tapep=yes

This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode.


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