This topic provides information about the server to contact for backup-archive services, and the client node to request backup-archive services.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
     defaultserver |
The name of the Tivoli® Storage Manager server
to contact for backup-archive services by default if more than one
server is defined in the dsm.sys file. Also specifies the server to contact for space management services if you have the HSM client installed and do not specify a server with the migrateserver option. See IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux User's Guide, for more information. |
| asnodename |
Use the asnodename option to allow agent nodes to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. |
 asnodename |
Use the asnodename option to allow agent nodes to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. |
| nasnodename |
Specifies the node name for the NAS file server when processing NAS file systems. |
| nodename | Use the nodename option in your dsm.sys file to identify your workstation to the server to establish communications. |
| servername |
In the dsm.sys file, this option specifies the name of a server and starts a server stanza. In the client user-options file (dsm.opt), this option specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact for services. |
| virtualnodename | The virtualnodename option specifies the node name of your workstation when you want to restore or retrieve files to a different workstation. |