On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 06:51:37PM +0100, Maria-Paz Gimeno wrote:
> I am new to using API client, and I am having troubles on how to set the 
> password.
> Do I need to execute the program dsmapipw for every database I want to backup 
> in the same system?
> I have defined the environment variables for the api, updated the dsm.opt 
> with server name localserver, and executed dsmapipw.
> but when I try to backup the database with db2 commands with the option "use 
> ADSM" I receive and error saying the password is invalid.
> What have I missed?
> The api is running in the same system as the server, and I also have a 
> backup-archive client in the system. The dsm.sys file
> is unique for both clients. It includes passwordaccess generate
As far as I know, you mustn't use passwordaccess generate for db2 backups.
Also make sure you set your db2 cfg for the database with the correct
ADSM_NODENAME and ADSM_PASSWORD.

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