Client-system information

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Client-system information includes information about storage agents, client communication protocols and ports, and the z/OS media server.

Storage agent properties

Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment
Storage agent name The name for the storage agent.
Storage agent password The password for the storage agent.
TCP/IP address The TCP/IP address of the storage agent.
TCP/IP port The TCP/IP port of the storage agent.

Client properties

Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment

LAN-free communications protocol

 The communications protocol between the client and the storage agent. The following protocols are available. Use the value in parentheses as the value of the client LANFREECOMMMETHOD option.
  • TCP/IP Version 4 (TCPIP)
  • TCP/IP Version 4 or Version 6 (V6TCPIP)
  • Shared Memory (SHAREDMEM)
LAN-free communications protocol The communications protocol between the client and the storage agent. The following protocols are available. Use the value in parentheses as the value of the client LANFREECOMMMETHOD option.
  • TCP/IP Version 4 (TCPIP)
  • TCP/IP Version 4 or Version 6 (V6TCPIP)
  • Shared Memory (SHAREDMEM)
  • Named Pipes (NAMEDPIPES)

Named Pipes is the default, and there is a default name the client uses to contact the storage agent.
LAN-free port The TCP/IP port that is used for LAN-free data movement. Use this value as the value of the client LANFREETCPPORT option.

z/OS media server information

Type of information Description Use this column to record the values for your environment
z/OS media server Name The name of each z/OS media server server.
z/OS media server Password The password for the z/OS media server server.
TCP/IP address The TCP/IP address for the z/OS media server.
TCP/IP port The TCP/IP port for the z/OS media server.