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Change Installation Server or Device

The default installation server and device, if any, will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. If the system was
booted from the network, the install server will default to the boot server unless a different install server was
defined when the client was configured for network boot. If the system was booted from a local tape, the server
is assumed to be “local” (or none) and the installation device is assumed to be the tape drive the system was
booted from.

Select the

Change Installation Server or Device

option if you wish to change the server on which the backup

media is attached, or the remote or local installation device. You will only be able to select a remote server
when using the Network Administrator license. After selecting option this option, you are presented with one
of the following additional option screens:

The following menu options appear if you did not have TSM support installed onto
the client from which the backup media was created. Refer to the TSM Configuration
section below for information and examples.

Highlight the option you wish to select using the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard. Each option is
described in detail below:

Select Local Tape Device Drives(s)

Regardless of the type of SBAdmin boot media used to boot the target system, you may change the
installation settings to allow installation from a local tape drive, even a different drive than was booted from.
When selecting this option, a list of local tape devices will be displayed.

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