Amen to that!

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Lead Architect
www.servergraph.com
512-482-6138 ext 105

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> Robin Sharpe
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> Subject: Re: Upgraded to TSM 5.2.1.2
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> This is a problem that keeps getting "fixed" and then coming back  in
> almost every release!
>
> IMHO, the real problem is the way the STATUS field is formatted in the
> PROCESSES table.  It's formatted to be readable by humans.  It's very
> difficult to parse in scripts because it contains "new lines" to make it
> look nice on screen.  Some of the information in STATUS is not available
> anywhere else (Like current input and output volume, waiting for mount of
> whatever volume, etc.), and some is redundant (files processed and bytes
> processed)... however I have found that the files and bytes in the STATUS
> field gets updated before (maybe more frequently than) the FILES_PROCESSED
> and BYTES_PROCESSED fields.
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> I wish all of the info in the STATUS field could be placed in individual
> fields in the PROCESSES table, and fix this problem once and for all.  It
> would save us script writers lots of rework time for each new release!
>
> Robin Sharpe
> Berlex Labs
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>         Yes, we upgraded to 5.2.1.3 on AIX and have the odd formatting
> in the "q proc" output. No fix that I know of, luckily it is just
> cosmetic as far as I can tell.
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> Ben
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> Kamp, Bruce
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:58 AM
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> Subject: Upgraded to TSM 5.2.1.2
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> I just upgraded to TSM 5.2.1.2 from 5.1.1.6 on AIX 5.1ML5 64bit. One
> thing I noticed is that when I do a "Q PR" it is not formated correctly
> on the screen.  Has anybody else seen & this & is there a fix for it?
> Also is there anything else I need to watch out for?
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> Thanks,
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> Bruce Kamp
> Midrange Systems Analyst II
> Memorial Healthcare System
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