>From the 5.1 Unix client manual, Summary of Changes, Technical Changes for version 5.1.5
Support for a globally unique identifier (GUID) The globally unique identifier (GUID) associates a client node with a host system. When you install the Tivoli software, the tivguid program is run to generate a GUID which is stored in the /etc/tivoli directory on a UNIX system. The GUID for a client node on the server can change if the host system machine is corrupted, if the file entry is lost, or if a user uses the same node name from different host systems. You can perform the following functions from the command line: v Create a new GUID v View the current GUID v Write a specific value v Create another GUID even if one exists. See "Associating your client node with a host system" on page 36 for more information. I don't know what it is actually used for. I can tell you that, the 5.1.5.2 client on AIX updates the new GUID column in the NODES table. If I change the GUID on the client, then if I do something as small as a "dsmc query filespace" it updates the GUID column in the NODES table. That's about all I know about it. Hope this helps. Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -----Original Message----- From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: GUID in TSM Anyone have any experience with or know anything about the GUID stuff in the version 5 clients? According to the docs, it's a pre-req for installation, however, installations work and the client *seems* to function without it. Not much in the way of information about what it is or what it does, either.
