Use options on the DSMC command

This topic shows some examples of how to use options on the dsmc command.

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For example, suppose you have one workstation with node name galaxy1, and another workstation with node name galaxy2, and you want to restore the data from galaxy1 to the galaxy2 system. To recover a file from one workstation (galaxy1) while at the other workstation (galaxy2), you must access galaxy1. Use the set access command to gain access.

For example, assume the file to be recovered on galaxy1 is c:\universe\saturn.planet. The owner of galaxy1 enters the following command:

   dsmc set access archive c:\universe\saturn.planet galaxy2

When access is granted, you would retrieve the file by entering the following command:

   dsmc retrieve -fromnode=galaxy1 \\galaxy1\universe\saturn.planet c:\

Note: Access to the files of another user can also be granted and gained using the GUI.

If you have more than one backup server in your organization, you can easily switch between them using a command-line option. To override the server specified in dsm.opt, you could use a command such as this:

dsmc -tcpserveraddress=myserver -node=mynode -tcpport=1599