Re: ADSMConnect for Notes

The instructions provided with the first release were wrong: the path
variable under ENVIRONMENT must include the NOTES directory (this wasn't
included at all in the documentation); the other variables required to set
up the CONFIG, DIR, and LOG must go under the SYSTEM variables, NOT the
USER variables as stated in the installation procedures. I'm including the
documentation I received from Andy Raibeck of IBM for the correct set-up of
this connect agent --- you are not alone in your consternation with this
install.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
The key to this is indeed the environment variables. The ADSMConnect Agent
The key to this is indeed the environment variables. The ADSMConnect Agent
for Lotus Notes on Windows NT requires the following:
* DSMI_CONFIG must point to the client options file (usually DSM.OPT, but
it can be any file name).
* DSMI_DIR must point to the ADSMConnect agent installation directory
(where the agent's executables and DLLs reside).
* DSMI_LOG is optional, but I recommend setting it anyway. It points to the
directory where the API error log, DSIERROR.LOG, will be written.
* The directories where Lotus Notes and the ADSMConnect agent reside must
be in the PATH environment variable.
When the ADSM NT scheduler is running as a service, these environment
variables may not be set. So you need to put them in the system environment
settings.
Here's what I did:
(Note: in my environment, the Lotus Notes executables are in E:\NOTES, the
ADSMConnect agent executables are in D:\DSMNOTES\Agentln, and the options
file is called DSM.OPT, located in D:\DSMNOTES\Agentln.)
1) Opened up the "Control Panel".
2) Opened up the "System" icon.
3) Clicked on the "Environment" tab.
4) Added these environment variables to the "System Variables" (as opposed
to "User Variables"):
DSMI_CONFIG=D:\DSMNOTES\AGENTLN\DSM.OPT
DSMI_DIR=D:\DSMNOTES\AGENTLN
DSMI_LOG=D:\DSMNOTES\AGENTLN
5) Added the Lotus Notes and ADSMConnect Agent directories to the PATH
environment variable in "System Variables":
PATH=C:\WINNT\System32;C:\WINNT;E:\NOTES;D:\DSMNOTES\AGENTLN
(Note: The other directories in your existing PATH may differ from mine.)
6) After applying the changes to the system environment, I shut Windows NT
down, then restarted it.
7) I defined a schedule on my ADSM server and associated the ADSMConnect
agent node with it:
DEFINE SCHEDULE STANDARD TEST ACTION=COMMAND
       OBJECTS="DSMNOTES INCR * -SUBDIR=YES -ADSMPW=MYPW"
       STARTTIME=NOW+00:05 STARTDATE=TODAY
DEFINE ASSOCIATION STANDARD TEST STORMAN
(Note: The DEFINE SCHEDULE command should be entered as one long command,
although I've spread it across multiple lines due to the command length.)
8) I started my NT scheduler service and logged off of the machine. Note
that I used the SYSTEM account.
9) A few minutes later, I noticed the client session start on the ADSM
server. After it ended, the event status showed "Completed". I then logged
back on
to NT and checked LOG.DSM; the backup had run successfully.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
Harald Finnaas <KONHNF AT STATOIL DOT NO> on 02/13/98 07:48:11 AM
Harald Finnaas <KONHNF AT STATOIL DOT NO> on 02/13/98 07:48:11 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Cindy Cannam)
Subject:  ADSMConnect for Notes




Hi!
I've got a couple of problems with the ADSMConnect agent for Notes, running
on WinNT:
It fails on link files (*.DIR files)
I'm unable to exclude the .DIR files (to avoid getting all those error
messages)
I'm unable to include drives except the one specified as notes datadir in
NOTES.INI
The GUI won't work. The menu in Notes doesn't appear although the
settings in NOTES.INI seems ok.
Any suggestions? I've heard that the first one is a bug, but I'd like to
get it confirmed.
Harald