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Chapter 3. Specifying Server and Client Communication Methods

This chapter describes how to specify communication methods between the Tivoli Storage Manager server and clients. To do so, you must modify the server options file, dsmserv.opt. Create the server options file by copying and editing the sample server options file, dsmserv.opt.smp. Each sample or default entry in the sample options file is a comment, a line beginning with an asterisk (*). When editing the options file, follow these guidelines:

If you change the server options file, you must restart the server for the changes to take effect. See Administrator's Reference for a description of all server options.

You can specify one or more of the following communication methods:

Note:
You can also specify that no communication method be used by adding the following server option to the server options file:
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|commmethod none                                                                 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
With this option, users cannot connect to the server. It is useful for experimenting with policy commands.

This chapter also describes how to set up Tivoli Storage Manager server and clients to communicate across a firewall. See Connecting with Tivoli Storage Manager across a Firewall for details.


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