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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide


Starting a GUI Session

check to see if a session is already started; look on your workstation desktop for the Tivoli Storage Manager icon.

The Tivoli Storage Manager GUI must be run from the X Window System. If you see the Tivoli Storage Manager icon on your desktop, Tivoli Storage Manager is already running. Double-click the icon to open the Tivoli Storage Manager window. If the Tivoli Storage Manager icon does not display on your desktop, you should start Tivoli Storage Manager using the dsm command. Tivoli Storage Manager can run as either a foreground or background process.

To run in the foreground, enter:

   dsm

To run in the background, enter:

   dsm &

Tivoli Storage Manager locates the client user options file (dsm.opt) and starts with the options you specify in that file. See Creating and Modifying the Client User Options File for more information about the client options file.


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