NDMPPREFDATAINTERFACE

This option affects all subsequent NDMP filer-to-server operations, but does not affect NDMP control connections, which use the system's default network interface. The value for this option is a host name or IPV4 address that is associated with one of the active network interfaces of the system on which the Tivoli® Storage Manager server is running. This interface must be IPV4 enabled.

You can update this server option without stopping and restarting the server by using the SETOPT command.

Parameters

ip_address

Specify an address in either dotted decimal or host name format. If you specify a dotted decimal address, it is not verified with a domain name server. If the address is not correct, it can cause failures when the server attempts to open a socket at the start of an NDMP filer-to-server backup.

Host name format addresses are verified with a domain name server. There is no default value. If a value is not set, all NDMP operations use the Tivoli Storage Manager server's network interface for receiving backup data during NDMP filer-to-server backup operations.

To clear the option value, specify the SETOPT command with a null value, "".