Re: dsmj bug or error in documentation

Hi Mark,

>From the README file:

- VIRTUALNODENAME option is ignored for BA Java GUI (dsmj) client

  If you need to use VIRTUALNODENAME option, please use the Command Line
  Interface client (dsmc).

Regards,

Andy

P.S. I've asked the folks who work on dsmj to treat this condition as a
defect, though at this time I do not know if/when a fix will be made
available.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-10-06
13:42:28:

> I have a Linux system running 5.3.0.11 client code.  According to the
> TSM documentation (see excerpt below) the virtualnodename option is
> supported by dsmj.
>
> /To restore or retrieve files to another workstation, use the
> virtualnodename option to specify the node name of the workstation from
> which you backed up the files. Virtualnodename cannot be set to the
> hostname of the machine. You can use the virtualnodename option when you
> start Tivoli Storage Manager or you can add the virtualnodename option
> to your client user options file dsm.opt. Use the virtualnodename option
> on the dsmj command if you are borrowing another user's machine and you
> do not want to update their client user options file.
> /
> However, if I use it on the command line when I invoke dsmj I get the
> following error which appears to be a syntax error when trying to do a
> cd command!
>
> /hotrod@athlon:~/mdrfinancial> dsmj -virtualnode=mail
> /usr/bin/dsmj: line 125: cd: -v: invalid option
> cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]
> Unable to access jarfile dsm.jar
> /
> I have looked at the file dsmj and it appears that if there are one or
> more parameters passed it tries to cd to the first parameter which in
> this case causes a problem.  My conclusion is that either dsmj really
> does not support virtualnodename and the documentation is wrong or there
> is a serious coding error in the dsmj script.
>
> In addition, I tried putting the virtualnodename option in my dsm.opt
> file which worked fine with the dsmc command but it still was not picked
> up by the dsmj command at all.
>
> I am curious, is this behavior particular to Linux or is this behavior
> the same on the other version of dsmj for unix systems.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Mark D. Rodriguez
> President MDR Consulting, Inc.
>
>
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