We use dhcp for nearly all our clienlts.  
Simply do not specify the client address in the dsm.opt file.  Tsm will store 
the client address on first contact.  
No problems here.
Clients are linux, various windows, and mac.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:14 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Clients using DHCP vs Fixed IP addresses

Up until now, we have always assigned fixed IP addresses to all TSM
clients/nodes.

Now they want to reconfigure all backup networking to use VLANs and have
asked the question, "do the clients need to be fixed IP addresses or can
they be dynamically assigned from a specific DHCP server?"

Is this do-able?  How does it effect scheduling? What configuration changes
would be needed (SCHEDMODE?  SESSIONINITIATION?)

How do most folks manage backup scheduling and client addressing?

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*Zoltan Forray*
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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