Asnodename

Your client node must be granted access to the target node by the Tivoli® Storage Manager server administrative client grant proxynode command, and you must be a root user to use the asnodename option.

When the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator grants a node proxy authority, and you use the asnodename option to become that node, you can query and restore all files as if you had root authority.

An agent node is a client node that has been granted authority to perform client operations on behalf of a target node.

A target node is a client node that grants authority to one or more agent nodes to perform client operations on its behalf.

/cluster1/mydata

dsmc incremental /Users -asnodenodename=MyCluster 

You can also use the asnodename option to restore data under another node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can only restore the data that you own.

The asnodename option differs from the nodename option as follows:

• When using the nodename option, you must enter the password for the node name you specify.
• When using the asnodename option, you must enter the password for your client agent node to access the data stored for the client target node.

Restrictions: You cannot use the asnodename option with -fromnode and you cannot perform NAS backup using asnodename. Also, asnodename can be used for clustered systems, although no specific cluster software is supported.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File

Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General tab of the Preferences editor.

Parameters

targetnode

Specifies the node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under which you want to back up or restore data.