Andy,
Thank you for the help. We have the service working now,
however, a new problem has arose. We can sign on to the webshell client
fine. We can do backups fine. When we try the restore selection,
though, it comes back with no directories or files under the root
directory. Any ideas??
Thanks,
Rick Smith
Maritz, Inc.
Storage & Security Administration
smithrr AT maritz DOT com
(314) 827-1584
> ----------
> From: Andrew Raibeck[SMTP:storman AT us.ibm DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 1998 9:53 PM
> To: smithrr AT maritz DOT com
> Subject: Re: FW: NT resource kit
>
> Hello Rick,
>
> I am not familiar with the approach you sent me (below), but I tried
> it here
> with no trouble. Below are the steps I took. Note that I used the same
> password
> files created via mkwspswd.exe and adsmpswd.exe as I illustrated in my
> posts
> regarding this topic. However, instead of using port 3019, as I
> mentioned in my
> post, I used port 2121 (so I'd know I was picking up the service using
> INSTEXNT.EXE and not SRVANY.EXE).
>
> 1) Create a file called c:\ws.bat containing:
>
> c:
> cd \win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient
> webshell 2121 c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\wsstuff
>
> (note that I always give the port number and full path of the wsstuff
> directory
> where the *.ws files are so that there is no chance for ambiguity.)
>
> 2) Create a file called d:\winnt\system32\autoexnt.bat containing:
>
> start c:\ws.bat
>
> (note that d:\winnt is where Windows NT is installed.)
>
> 3) Copy AUTOEXNT.EXE, INSTEXNT.EXE, and SERVMESS.DLL to
> d:\winnt\system32:
>
> d:
> cd \ntreskit
> copy autoexnt.exe \winnt\system32
> copy instexnt.exe \winnt\system32
> copy servmess.dll \winnt\system32
>
> (note that d:\ntreskit is where my copy of the NT Resource Kit was
> installed.)
>
> 4) Install the service:
>
> d:
> cd \winnt\system32
> instexnt install
>
> (note that I omitted the /interactive parameter, as this is not
> necessary)
>
> 5) Reboot NT (and wait for all disk activity to stop, so I know all
> services
> have started).
>
> 6) Without logging on to NT, I went to another machine and started up
> Netscape
> Navigator. The URL I supplied was:
>
> http://storman.sanjose.ibm.com:2121/webshell
>
> I was able to successfully log on and back up files.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andy
>
> P.S. As to why you can't find SRVANY.EXE, I do not know. This has been
> available at least since Windows 3.51. On my system it is in the same
> directory
> as the INSTEXNT.EXE, AUTOEXNT.EXE, and SERVMESS.DLL files
> (d:\ntreskit).
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Storage Systems Division
> ADSM Client Development
> e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> Please respond to smithrr AT Maritz DOT com
>
> To: Andrew Raibeck/San Jose/IBM@IBMUS
> cc:
> Subject: FW: NT resource kit
>
> Andrew,
>
> I hope you don't mind me e-mailing this straight to you, but I
> really would like to get this going. I have not been able to locate
> the
> srvany utility that comes with the NT Resource kit yet. However, I
> used
> the approach in the forward email a little while back. I went into
> regedit and changed the stuff you said to, and started the service.
> When I try to contact the webshell client, it doesn't accept the user
> and password I used in the adsmweb.ws file. If I start the webshell
> without the service, it works fine. Any suggestions??
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Smith
> Maritz, Inc.
> Storage & Security Administration
> smithrr AT maritz DOT com
> (314) 827-1584
>
> > ----------
> > From: Christo Heuer[SMTP:christoh AT absa.co DOT za]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 1998 6:10 AM
> > To: smithrr AT maritz DOT com
> > Subject: NT resource kit
> >
> >
> > Hi Rick,
> > a
> > Did you come right?
> > We have the files needed for installing the webshell as an NT
> service.
> > I've just used it and it works like a charm!
> > I've attached the files to this mail...
> > The instructions on how to use this is as follows:
> > a
> > Mail from John:
> > a
> > My way of doing it is as follows:
> > a) Create a bat file, eg E:\ADSMSW\UTIL\WS.BAT containing the
> webshell
> > startup
> > commands,
> > a as follows:
> > aa cd C:\WIN32APP\IBM\ADSM\baclient
> > aa C:\WIN32APP\IBM\ADSM\baclient\webshell
> >
> > b) Copy the following three files from the NT resource in to the
> > C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 directory:
> > 1. INSTEXNT.EXE
> > 2. SERVMESS.DLL
> > 3. AUTOEXNT.EXE
> >
> > c) Create a bat called AUTOEXNT.BAT containing the following line:
> > aa start e:\adsmsw\util\ws.bat
> >
> > d) To make it start as a service use the following service install
> > command:
> > aa instexnt install /interactive
> >
> > Booy and you have webshell running as a service
> >
> > Regards, Giulio John Tarella
> >
> >
> ======================================================================
> > ==================a
> > Just remember to rename the servmess.dle file to servmess.dll - a
> > for some reason or another my mail would not attach a file called
> > *.dll.
> > Let me know if you need anything else.
> > a
> > Regards
> > Christo Heuera
> > ABSA Groupa
> > Johannesburg a
> > South Africaa
> > a
> > a
> > a
> >
>
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