Remember the roots. IBM has always had often long, complicated error
messages. Anyone here try to decode a DAIR or DADSM error code ?  How about
the ever popular IDC3009I error message ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Richard Sims
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:14 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: What do these error messages mean?
>
>
> >More than 100 lines of the following in dsmerror.log:
> >03/13/2000 12:29:34 GetBackupStreamSize(): CreateFile(): Win32 RC = 32.
> >03/13/2000 12:29:34 TransWin32RC(): Win32 RC 32 from
> fioGetAttrib(): GetBackupStreamInfo
>
> Tivoli client development:
>     When are the clients going to be written to actually handle,
> interpret,
>     and meaningfully report errors instead of simply passing on conditions
>     encountered in the operating system?  This is lazy programming, and as
>     you can see is a liability for your customers.  No end user
> should have
>     to face error messages like these.  This is ridiculous.  A return code
>     has a specific meaning unto itself, and in the context of the
> application
>     operation is something that you can certainly say something about that
>     will make it far easier for the customer to do something about it.
>     As it stands now, customers are left to stare at this
> gibberish and not
>     know what to do, which is a big waste of their time.  Let's correct
>     this deficiency in the product.
>             Richard Sims, BU
>