Nodename

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.

>>-NODename-- --nodename---------------------------------------><

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