IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive ...

Table 49. Shared Memory communication options (continued)Option Description Pageshmport Specifies the unique number that is used by theclient and the server to identify shared memoryarea used for communications.278Server and Node optionsServerAuthorized UserUse the following options to specify the server to contact for backup-archiveservices, and the client node for which to request backup-archive services.optionsUse the servername option in your (dsm.sys) to begin a group of options (stanzas)used to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can set up multiple groupsof stanzas in the dsm.sys file to connect to different servers. Each servernamestanza must have listed below it all client option stanzas required to establishcommunication with a server. The stanza list can also contain other options forbackup-archive operations.If your client system options file contains only one stanza - Your client node contactsthe server you specify in that stanza for all services.If your client system options file contains more than one stanza - You can specify adefault server with the defaultserver option. If you do not specify a default server,Tivoli Storage Manager contacts the server you specify in the first stanza of yourdsm.sys file.Place the defaultserver option at the beginning of your dsm.sys file before anyserver stanzas. See “Defaultserver” on page 217 for more information.Use the servername option in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or on thecommand line to specify a server to contact for backup-archive services. Thisoverrides the default server specified in your (dsm.sys).Note: You cannot override the migration server specified in the client systemoptions file.Figure 3 on page 172 shows a sample dsm.sys.Chapter 9. Using processing options 171