Rainer,
The windows client is using computername to encrypt passwords in registry.
When one changes computername, the stored passwords also become invalid. So
on Windows, you should do the same , i.e. delete (or rename, just in case)
the corresponding registry entries which are currently located u
Alexei,
thanks a lot for your detailled explanation ! It's clearer to me now :-)
... just only two more questions ?
What about the windows-Clients - do I then (when changing the windows
system-name)
also have to manually remove the equivalent 'TSM.PWD' entry
in the registry or elsewhere ?
if s
Rainer,
Your data is always encrypted with the key generated from the password that
you enter, regardless of the hostname. The hostname is only used to store
the password locally. For example,
1) Let's say the hostname is 'mercury'
2) You run your first backup and are prompted for encryption key
Hi Alexei,
thanks for your hint - now i come with a new question concerning the 'restore' :
Because nothing changes other than the 'hostname' of that linux system ...
... what about the data that has been backed up prior to the time
I rename the hostname and reenter the 'encryption key password'
Rainer,
You need to make TSM client prompt you for encryption key password on the
next backup after you changed the hostname. The only way to do this is to
rename/remove the existing TSM.PWD file (this is the file where TSM client
stores its passwords). You should rename this file rather than dele
