Nodename
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, you are prompted for the password that is assigned to the node that 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.
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.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.sys file, the nodename entry overrides the name that the
hostname command returns.
- 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.
- 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.
- If a nodename entry exists in the dsm.opt 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.
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.
Syntax
Parameters
- nodename
- Specifies a 1 to 64 character node name for which you want to request IBM
Spectrum Protect 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 IBM
Spectrum Protect 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.