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


Overview of Processing Options

Tivoli Storage Manager uses processing options that you specify in your TSM System Preferences or TSM User Preferences to control communications, backup-archive processing, and other types of processing.

This section provides an overview of the following types of options that you can enter in your TSM System Preferences or TSM User Preferences:

See Configuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for information on how to create and modify your TSM System Preferences or TSM User Preferences file.

Options are processed in the following order (precedence):

  1. Options defined on the server with server-enforced client options. The server overrides client values.
  2. Options defined on the server for a schedule using the options parameters.
  3. Options entered locally in the options file.
  4. Options received from the server with client options not enforced by the server. The server does not override client values.
  5. Default option values.


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