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


Setting Options in a Preferences File

This section describes how to set options in your TSM System Preferences file or TSM User Preferences file.

Notes:

  1. For Macintosh OS X: If you want to edit the TSM System Preferences or TSM System Preferences files located in this paths:
    System Folder:Library:Preferences:Tivoli Storage Manager
    

    you must change the file permissions in a terminal window using the following command:

    sudo chmod 774 <filename>
    

  2. The TSM System Preferences file must be a plain text file. By default, TextEdit does not save files as plain text. Select Format > Make PlainText to save the TSM System Preferences file as a plain text file. Do not add the .txt extension.

To set an option in this file, enter the option name and one or more blank spaces, followed by the option value. For example:

   compression  yes
   nodename     client_a

Some options consist of only the option name, such as verbose and quiet. You can enter the entire option name or its abbreviation. For example, you can specify the verbose option as either of the following:

   verbose
   ve

Follow these additional rules when entering options in your Preferences file:

If you update the Preferences file while a GUI session is active, you must restart the client to pick up the changes.


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