Tcpserveraddress

The tcpserveraddress option specifies the TCP/IP address for a Tivoli® Storage Manager server. You can obtain this server address from your administrator.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients.

Options File

AIX operating systems HP-UX operating systems Linux operating systems Oracle Solaris operating systems Mac OS X operating systems Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Communication tab, in the Server Address field in the Preferences editor.

Windows operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Communication tab, in the Server Address field in the Preferences editor.

If this option is not specified, the client attempts to contact a Tivoli Storage Manager server running on the same computer as the Tivoli Storage Manager client.

Syntax


>>-TCPServeraddress-- --server_address-------------------------><

Parameters

server_address: Specifies a 1 to 64 character TCP/IP address for a server. Specify a TCP/IP domain name or a numeric IP address. The numeric IP address can be either a TCP/IP v4 or TCP/IP v6 address. You can only use IPv6 addresses if you specified the commmethod V6Tcpip option.

Examples

Options file:: tcps dsmchost.example.com
Command line:: Does not apply.
Command line:: -tcpserveraddress=129.33.24.99
-tcpserveraddress=2002:92b:111:221:128:33:10:249

Windows operating systems This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.