Tcpclientaddress

The tcpclientaddress option specifies a TCP/IP address if your client node has more than one address, and you want the server to contact an address other than the one that was used to make the first server contact.

The server uses this address when it begins the server prompted scheduled operation.

Use this option only if you use the prompted parameter with the schedmode option.

If sessioninitiation is set to serveronly, the value for the tcpclientaddress client option should be the same as the value for the HLAddress server setting.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients. The IBM Spectrum Protect™ API does not support this option.

Options File

AIX 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 Scheduler tab, Your TCP/IP address field of the Preferences editor.

Windows operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Scheduler tab, Your TCP/IP address field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax

Parameters

client_address: Specifies the TCP/IP address you want the server to use to contact your client node. Specify a TCP/IP Internet domain name or a numeric IP address. The numeric IP address can be either a TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6 address. You can only use IPv6 addresses if you specified the commmethod V6Tcpip option.

Examples

Options file:

tcpclienta dsmclnt.example.com
or
tcplienta 192.0.2.21

Command line:

-tcpclientaddress=192.0.2.0
-tcpclientaddress=example.mycompany.mydomain.com
-tcpclientaddress=2001:0DB8:0:0:0:0:0:0

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