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

Usedirectory

The usedirectory option queries the Active Directory for the communication method and server with which to connect. Use this option to ignore commmethod parameters in the client options file (dsm.opt). Optimally, the administrator enables only one server and one specific communication protocol for a given client node. If a node is registered to more than one server published in Active Directory, the first server returned in the Active Directory query will be used. If the client cannot contact the server, the client session will fail.

Note:
The Tivoli Storage Manager Client API does not support this option.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for Windows 2000, XP, and Windows.Net clients only.

Options File

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

Syntax

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

Parameters

Yes
Specifies that the client will ignore commmethod parameters set in the client options file and query the Active Directory for the communication method and server with which to connect.

No
Specifies that the client will use the communication method specified in the option file. If there is no communication method specified in the option file the default communication method and server are used.

Examples

Options file:
usedirectory no

Command line:
-usedir=yes


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