The stagingdirectory option defines the location where the client can keep any data that it generates to perform its operations. The data is deleted when processing is complete.
This
option is used during
snapshot difference backup operations.
This
option is used by Active Directory objects query and restore operations,
and by snapshot difference backup.
Supported Clients
This option is
valid for AIX® and Linux clients.
The server can also define this option.
This
option is valid for all Windows clients.
The server can also define this option.
Options File
Place
this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).
When stagingdirectory is specified on the
command line, it overrides the values that are specified in the options
file.
Place this option in the client options
file (dsm.opt). When stagingdirectory is
specified on the command line, it overrides the values that are
specified in the options file.
Parameters
- path
- Specifies
the directory path where the client
writes staging data. If you do not specify a staging directory, Tivoli® Storage Manager stores
temporary data in the temporary file system (typically /tmp).
- Specifies the directory path where the client
writes staging data. If you do not specify a staging directory, Tivoli Storage Manager checks
for the existence of the USER environment variables in the following
order, and uses the first path found:
- The path that is specified by the TMP user variable
- The path that is specified by the TMP system variable
- The path that is specified by the TEMP user variable
- The path that is specified by the TEMP system variable
- The Windows system directory
In
Uniform Naming
Convention (UNC) format, the path must contain a drive letter. In
the following UNC format example, the path contains the drive letter D$: \\computer7\D$\temp\tsmstaging.
Examples
- Options file:
- stagingdirectory
/usr/tsmdata
- stagingdirectory
/private/tmp
- stagingdirectory
c:\tsmdata
- Command line:
- -stagingdir="/tmp/tsmtempdata"
- -stagingdir="e:\tsmdata"
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