On Jun 13, 2007, at 10:40 AM, goc wrote:

another thing is what about PASSWORDACCESS Prompt for TDPO ? if i want
to use dsmcad the PASSWORDACCESS has to be generate, right ? otherwise
i'm getting ANS2050E TSM needs to prompt for the password but cannot
prompt  because the process is running in the backgroud

Keep thinking about the scheduler and the TDP clear and separate...
dsmcad is part of the Backup-Archive client, and is unrelated to the
API, which is the basis of TDP operation.  dsmcad runs 'dsmc
schedule' as a child process, and dsmc is part of B/A.  The B/A
client has a conventional directory for its options files; the API
has its own conventional directory for its options files; and a TDP
such as oracle can specify a location for separate options via an
environment variable (dsmi_orc_config).  Often, for sanity, the API
dsm.sys filename is actually a symbolic link to the B/A dsm.sys file,
wherein there is a separate stanza for API use, as named in the API
dsm.opt.  Via such separations, it is possible to use Passwordaccess
Generate for running the TDP via scheduling, because that is just a B/
A client vehicle for running an Action=Command type schedule, to kick
off the TDP backup in its own environment.  See the appendix in your
TDPO manual, which describes setting this up.

   Richard Sims   not an Oracle guy