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TCPServeraddress
COMMMethod
TCPPORT
NODename
One way of building an options file, is to copy the dsm.smp file in the c:\Program
Files\Tivoli\TSM\config directory, and uncomment and/or edit commmethod, TCPServeraddress,
and add the nodename. Then save the file as dsm.opt in c:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\balient.
For Linux and UNIX, copy, edit, and rename dsm.sys.smp to dsm.sys in the
baclient directory.
You can also manage client options using one of the following methods
When entering options in your client options file (dsm.opt), use these guidelines
Each comment must have an asterisk (*) as the first character in a line.
Enter each option on a separate line and enter all parameters for an option on the same line.
Below video will show how to configure dsm.opt and dsm.sys files in UNIX systems
Select the Help me configure the TSM Backup Archive Client option.
Click Next.
Each time that you make changes to the dsm.opt file, you must stop and restart the client so that the
changes take effect.
Tivoli Storage Manager uses the following communications parameters that you
must set
General Options
TCPPORT: Use this option to specify a TCP/IP port address of the server. The TCP/IP port address
is used to communicate with a Tivoli Storage Manager server. The range of values is 1000 to 32767.
The default is 1500. For example:
TCPPORT port_address
TCPSERVERADDRESS: Use this option to specify the TCP/IP address for a Tivoli Storage Manager
server. To use the TCP/IP communication protocol, you must include the TCPSERVERADDRESS
option in your client option file. The other TCP/IP options have default values that you can modify
only if you want to change the default value. Provide a 1-character to 64-character TCP/IP address
for a Tivoli Storage Manager server. The value you specify for this parameter can be a TCP/IP
Internet domain name or an IP address.
COMMMETHOD: Use this option to specify the communication method that you use to provide
connectivity for client-server communication. Options are described below.
NODENAME: Use this option to identify your workstation to the server. The node name is a 1character to 64-character name that identifies the node that you want to request Tivoli Storage
Manager services for. For Windows systems, the default is the name of the machine if you do not
use this option. For UNIX, the default is the same name that the hostname command returns. The
NODENAME option goes in your client system options file named dsm.sys. UNIX environments use
the dsm.opt file.
for a complete list of functions that are not supported. TCP/IP (version 4) and V6TCP/IP (version 6)
are used in dedicated or intermixed environments.
NAMEDPIPE: The Named Pipe option that specifies the name of the pipe for communication use
between a Tivoli Storage Manager server and Tivoli Storage Manager client that are on the same
Windows workstation.
SHAREDMEM: The Shared Memory communication method. This communication method option is
possible when the Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Tivoli Storage Manager Client are on the
same machine.
You run an incremental backup using the incremental command without specifying which
local drives to process.
Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator defines a schedule to run an incremental backup
for you, but does not specify which local drives to process.
The domain option applies to all platforms. Consider the term local drives to mean volumes or file
systems if one of those terms applies to your platform. For UNIX clients, this option goes in the client
user options file.
Use the DOMAIN option to specify the items that you want to include for an incremental backup. You
can issue this option in a client options file or from a command line
The ALL-LOCAL parameter backs up all local hard drives, the systemobject domain (Windows 2000,
XP), the systemstate domain (Windows Server 2003), and the system services domain (Windows
Server 2003). This is the default. To include all the local drives except for the e: drive, enter the
following command
dsmc incremental -domain=ALL-LOCAL -e:
System Services
All system services components are backed up as part of system state. You cannot back up
individual system services components, however, individual components can be restored.
You
can
exclude
individual
system
services
components.
Place
the exclude.systemservice or exclude.systemobject for Windows XP options in the client options
file (dsm.opt). You can also set these options on the Include-Exclude tab, in the Define IncludeExclude Options section of the Preferences editor.
Communication
Node
Scheduling
Command processing
Authorization options
Error processing
Transaction processing
Web client
Diagnostics