Password management

The backup-archive client and the space management client use the same password when both clients contact the same Tivoli® Storage Manager server. One password is required for each Tivoli Storage Manager server that your client node contacts for services.

If you specify a migration server by using the migrateserver option in your dsm.sys file, the password that you set applies to the migration server.

If you specify a default server and you do not specify a migration server, the password that you set applies to the default server.

If you do not specify either a migration server or a default server, the password that you set applies to the named server in the first stanza of your dsm.sys file.

Note: Your Tivoli Storage Manager password can be changed only from the command line. To change that password from the command line, enter the command (where oldpw is the old password and newpw is your new password):

  dsmsetpw oldpw newpw

You can set the passwordaccess option to generate in your dsm.sys file. Tivoli Storage Manager encrypts and stores your password locally and automatically generates a new password for your client node each time it expires. You are not prompted for the password. To receive a note with the password when a new password is generated, set the mailprog option in your dsm.sys file.