Same here - as long as your cmd file is coded properly, TSM will show it
for the duration of the backup, and report the results correctly.
Steve Schaub
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John Monahan
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That was true with older TSM versions, but if your cmd file is written
properly to do its own error checking and exit with a non-zero return
code on an error, then the schedule should show as failed.  I remember
when this first started working (some time in version 5?).  I have
customers who run the TDP for SAP Oracle who do redo log backups every 2
hours or so and when there are no redo logs to backup, the brarchive
script actually exits with a return code of 4 or something like that
causing those schedules to suddenly start showing up as failed
(erroneously in my mind, just because there are no redo logs to process
shouldn't mean the command fails).
Previously, all the cmd schedules would always show success because it
successfully launched the cmd file.  Now it should wait and get a return
code back from the cmd script.  Now, you will have problems if your
original cmd script launches or calls other cmd scripts as those
subscript return codes don't get passed back up the chain again.  I
believe the TDP for Domino or one of the TDPs example scripts are
configured like that where they call subscripts.  Perhaps that is
something that affects your environment.  It is very important that your
original cmd file exit with a non-zero return code upon an error, which
normally means you have to check the return code after every command
within the script.


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Steve,
Yes but not at the TSM server "q schedule" or the operational reporting.
The schedule launches the cmd file. To TSM the schedule is then
successful even though the backup is still running. We wrote our own
reporting scripts that verify completion based on the TDP client log
files.

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Duane,

I don't understand your reference to not getting accurate schedule based
success or failure messages - we use the batch method, and as long as
the errorlevel from the command line backup is captured and used as the
exit code, you should see accurate returncode results.

Steve Schaub
Systems Engineer, WNI
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
423-752-6574 (desk)
423-785-7347 (cell)


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Goran,
There are many ways to perform it. I use a cmd file that is launched by
TSM schedule and TSM scheduler service. The only issue is you don't get
accurate schedule based success or failure messages. I know some others
use windows scheduler to perform the task via a cmd file or bat file.
There are also other products out there that allow scheduling with some
reporting logic, I don't use any, but I have seen references on the adsm
website.

Duane
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Importance: High


hi all,
urgent :-)
how to automate exchange backup via TDP ?
is it enough to write an *.bat or *.cmd with commands ?
or is there a way to do it via tsm central scheduler assuming that
dsmcad is running on exchange server ?

sorry for maybe stupid question but im a unix-tsm admin and my windows
guys are looking at me rather funny :-)

thanks for any idea

goran
vipnet
tsm 5.3.1.5 on AIX several times
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