Use the nodename option in your client options file to identify your workstation to the server. You can use different node names to identify multiple operating systems on your workstation.
When you use the nodename option, Tivoli® Storage Manager prompts for the password assigned to the node you specify, if a password is required.
If you want to restore
or retrieve files from the server while you are working from a different
workstation, use the virtualnodename option.
You
can also use the asnodename option, if it is
set
up by the administrator.
If you are working
from a different workstation, you can use the nodename option
even if the passwordaccess option is set to generate,
however, the password is stored in the Windows Registry. To prevent this, use the virtualnodename option
instead of nodename.
The
node name is not necessarily the TCP/IP host name.
When connecting to a server,
the client must identity itself to the server. This login identification
is determined in the following manner:
- In the absence of a nodename entry
in the dsm.opt file, or a virtualnodename entry
in
the client options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name specified
on a command line, the default login ID is the name that the hostname command
returns.
- In the
absence of a nodename entry
in the dsm.sys file, or a virtualnodename entry
in
the client user-options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name specified
on a command line, the default login ID is the name that the hostname command
returns.
- If a nodename entry
exists in the dsm.opt file, the nodename entry
overrides
the name that the hostname command returns.
- If a nodename entry
exists in the dsm.sys file, the nodename entry
overrides
the name that the hostname command returns.
- If a virtualnodename entry
exists in the client options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name
is specified on a command line, it cannot be the same name as the
name returned by the hostname command. When the
server accepts the virtual node name, a password is required (if authentication
is on), even if the passwordaccess option is generate.
When a connection to the server is established, access is permitted
to any file that is backed up using this login ID.
- If a virtualnodename entry
exists in the client system-options file (dsm.sys), or a virtual node
name is specified on a command line, it cannot be the same name as
the name returned by the hostname command. When
the server accepts the virtual node name, a password is required (if
authentication is on), even if the passwordaccess option
is generate. When a connection to the server
is established, access is permitted to any file that is backed up
using this login ID.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients.
Options File
Place this option in the
dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General tab,
in the Node Name field of the Preferences editor.
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).
You can set this option on the General tab,
in the Node Name field of the Preferences editor.
Parameters
- nodename
- Specifies a 1 to 64 character node name for which you want to
request Tivoli Storage Manager services.
The default is the value returned with the hostname command.
Not specifying a node name permits the node name to default to the host name of the workstation
- nodename
- Specifies a 1 to 64
character node name for which you want to
request Tivoli Storage Manager services.
The default is the value returned with the hostname command.
Not specifying a node name permits the node name to default to the host name of the workstation
Examples
- Options file:
- nodename cougar
- Command line:
- -nodename=cougar
This option is valid
only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.