Issuing commands from the administrative client

The administrative command-line client is a program that runs on a file server, workstation, or mainframe.

About this task

Ensure that your administrative client and your server are running in compatible languages. See LANGUAGE for language and locale options. If your client and server are using different languages, the messages that IBM Spectrum Protect generates might not be understandable.

Tip: Text strings that are sent from the client to the server do not depend on the server language setting. The text is displayed properly if the administrative client runs in the same locale when sending the string and when receiving the string.

For example, assume that you update a node contact field with a value that contains national characters (update node myNode contact=NLcontact_info), and later query the node (query node myNode format=detailed). If the client is running in the same locale when you update as when you query, the NLcontact_info displays properly. If you update the node contact field when the client is running in one locale, and query the node when the client is running in a different locale, the NLcontact_info might not display properly.