IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Adding client options in an option set

You can add client options in a defined client option set.

Procedure

Issue the following example command to add a client option (MAXCMDRETRIES) in the ENGBACKUP option set:

define clientopt engbackup maxcmdretries 5

For a list of client options that you can specify, refer to Administrative client options.

The server automatically assigns sequence numbers to the specified options, or you can choose to specify the sequence number for order of processing. This is helpful if you have defined more than one of the same option as in the following example:

define clientopt engbackup inclexcl "include d:\admin"
define clientopt engbackup inclexcl "include d:\payroll"

A sequence number of 0 is assigned to the option include d:\admin. A sequence number of 1 is assigned to the option include d:\payroll. If you want to specifically process one option before another, include the sequence parameter as follows:

define clientopt engbackup inclexcl "include d:\admin" seqnumber=2"
define clientopt engbackup inclexcl "include d:\payroll" seqnumber=1"

The options are processed starting with the highest sequence number.

Any include-exclude statements in the server client option set have priority over the include-exclude statements in the local client options file. The server include-exclude statements are always enforced and placed last in the include-exclude list and evaluated before the client include-exclude statements. If the server option set has several include-exclude statements, the statements are processed starting with the first sequence number. The client can issue the QUERY INCLEXCL command to show the include-exclude statements in the order that they are processed. QUERY INCLEXCL also displays the source of each include-exclude statement. For more information on the processing of the include-exclude statements see the Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide.

The FORCE parameter allows an administrator to specify whether the server forces the client to use an option value. This parameter has no affect on additive options such as INCLEXCL and DOMAIN. The default value is NO. If FORCE=YES, the server forces the client to use the value, and the client cannot override the value. The following example shows how you can prevent a client from using subfile backup:

define clientopt engbackup subfilebackup no force=yes

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