Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface

Kai, we have a configurable GUI that we're beta testing.

It's web-based.

You tell a configuration file what objects (ie stgpools, drives, policysets,
etc) you want,
and what fields to display for each one of those;

Then it builds (for each object) a table of all (let's say) stgpools, one
stgpool per line, with those fields shown.
The data for the fields is editable, so you just look, change what you want,
and hit update.

A very cool thing is that in addition to the "update" action on a record,
you can define custom actions.
For example, for "stgpools", you can define a "migrate" action, which runs:
        upd stgp <pool-name> hi=100; upd stgp <pool-name> hi=5 lo=0;
   that is, set highmigration point up, then down to reliably kick off
migration.

The end result is that with 2 or 3 clicks, you can do the common jobs - and
customize them to your taste.

Let me know if you want to test this out.
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Mr. Lindsay Morris
CEO, Servergraph
www.servergraph.com
859-253-8000 ofc
425-988-8478 fax


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Kai Hintze
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:51 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr
>
>
> But it is precisely because I _do_ have boatloads of clients that I prefer
> the CLI. I can type "2 or 3 lines of parameters" as someone said a few
> messages back much more quickly than I can <click> <wait> <click> <wait>
> <click> <wait> ....
>
> More, I seldom type long parameters. I have samples of anything I have
> defined/updated/deleted that I can quickly copy to a text editor,
> change the
> few characters that change, and dump into a CLI session. I specify
> everything so that if the defaults change they don't take me by surprise,
> and I seldom have to look back to the manuals find a syntax. The
> only trick
> is when I change versions I do have to go through the list and compare to
> the new Admin Reference.
>
> - Kai.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 8:38 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr
> >
> >
> > I'm afraid I'm another vote for the CLI.
>
> <snip> . . .
> >
> > But I don't have boatloads of clients to administer, so I'm
> > probably not
> > seeing the issues the rest of you are fighting. :-)
> >
> > Tom Kauffman
> > NIBCO, Inc
> >
>