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This section describes how to set options in your client options file dsm.opt, and how to use options with commands.
To view or modify the options file, click Edit > Preferences from the Tivoli Storage Manager client GUI. The preferences editor updates the client configuration options file if any options have changed.
You can also edit an options file with your favorite text editor.
To set an option in your client options 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 client options file:
If you update the client options file while a GUI or Web client session is active, you must restart the session to pick up the changes. If you use the Setup Wizard to make changes, the changes are effective immediately. If you are not using the TSM Client Acceptor to manage the scheduler, you will need to restart the scheduler as well.