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

Server Options

Use the servername option in your client system options file (dsm.sys) to specify the start of a group of options (stanza) used to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Multiple stanzas can be set up in the dsm.sys file to connect to different servers. Each stanza begins with a servername option and must contain all options required to establish communication with a server. The stanza can also contain other options for backup-archive operations.

If your client system options file contains only one stanza -- Your client node contacts the server you specify in that stanza for all services.

If your client system options file contains more than one stanza -- You can specify a default server with the defaultserver option. If you do not specify a default server, by default Tivoli Storage Manager contacts the server you specify in the first stanza of your dsm.sys file.

Place the defaultserver option at the beginning of your dsm.sys file before any server stanzas.

Figure 3 shows a sample client system options file (dsm.sys).

Figure 3. Sample Client System Options File

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|DEFAULTServer                 server2                                           |
|                                                                                |
|SErvername     server1                                                          |
|  NODename                    node1                                             |
|  COMMMethod                  TCPip                                             |
|  TCPPort                     1500                                              |
|  TCPServeraddress            almvmd.almaden.ibm.com                            |
|  PASSWORDAccess              generate                                          |
|  MAILprog                    /usr/bin/xsend root                               |
|  GRoups                      system adsm                                       |
|  USERs                       ashton stewart kaitlin                            |
|  INCLExcl                    /adm/adsm/backup1.excl                            |
|                                                                                |
|SErvername     server2                                                          |
|  COMMMethod                  SHAREdmem                                         |
|  shmport                     1520                                              |
|  PASSWORDAccess              prompt                                            |
|  GRoups                      system adsm                                       |
|  USERs                       danielle derek brant                              |
|  INCLExcl                    /adm/adsm/backup2.excl                            |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Use the servername option in the default client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line to specify a server to contact for backup-archive services. This overrides the default server specified in your client system options file (dsm.sys).

Note: You cannot override the migration server specified in the client system options file.


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