Password
The password option specifies a password for IBM Spectrum Protect.
If you do not specify this option and your administrator has set authentication to On, you are prompted for a password when you start a backup-archive client session.
- If the server prompts for a password, the password is not displayed as you enter it. However, if you use the password option on the command line, your password is displayed as you enter it.
- If the IBM Spectrum Protect server name changes or the backup-archive clients are directed to a different server, all clients must re-authenticate with the server because the stored encrypted password must be regenerated.
The password option is ignored when the passwordaccess option is set to generate.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients.
Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).
Place this option in the
client user-options file (dsm.opt).
Syntax
Parameters
- password
- Specifies the password you use to log on to the IBM
Spectrum Protect server.
Passwords can be up to 63 character in length. Password constraints vary, depending on where the passwords are stored and managed, and depending on the version of the server that your client connects to.
- If your IBM Spectrum Protect server is at version 6.3.3 or later, and if you use an LDAP directory server to authenticate passwords
- Use any of the following characters to create a
password:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` ( ) | { } [ ] : ; < > , ? / ~Passwords are case-sensitive and are subject to more restrictions that can be imposed by LDAP policies.
- If your IBM Spectrum Protect server is at version 6.3.3 or later, and if you do not use an LDAP directory server to authenticate passwords
- Use any of the following characters to create a
password:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` ( ) | { } [ ] : ; < > , ? / ~Passwords are stored in the IBM Spectrum Protect server database and are not case-sensitive.
- If your IBM Spectrum Protect server is earlier than version 6.3.3
- Use any of the following characters to create a
password:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 _ - & + .Passwords are stored in the IBM Spectrum Protect server database and are not case-sensitive.
Remember:On the command line, enclose all parameters that contain one or more special characters in quotation marks. Without quotation marks, the special characters can be interpreted as shell escape characters, file redirection characters, or other characters that have significance to the operating system.
- On Windows systems:
- Enclose the command parameters in quotation marks (").
- Command line example:
dsmc set password "t67@#$%^&" "pass2><w0rd"
- On AIX®, Linux, and Solaris systems:
- Enclose the command parameters in single quotation marks (').
- Command line example:
dsmc set password -type=vmguest 'Win 2012 SQL' 'tsml2dag\administrator' '7@#$%^&7'
Quotation marks are not required when you type a password with special characters in an options file.
Examples
- Options file:
password secretword- Command line:
-password=secretword- -password="secret>shhh"
- -password='my>pas$word'
This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.