AW: AW: TSM 3.7.2 client on MS cluster

Hi Andy,

thanks for your mail.
I checked the CLUSTERNODE YES in DSM.OPT and it didn't work 
with the 3.7.2 and 4.1 client.
Our IBM SE is now going to open an PMR.

Kind regards
Thomas Rupp
Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Andy Raibeck [SMTP:Andrew_Raibeck AT TIVOLI DOT COM]
> Gesendet am:  Dienstag, 12. September 2000 13:43
> An:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff:      Re: AW: TSM 3.7.2 client on MS cluster
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Sorry, I somehow missed that this was a cluster. Yes, when
> CLUSTERNODE YES is in effect, the cluster name is used to
> generate the filespace name. However, it is not derived
> from the /clustername:xxxx option in the service definition.
> Instead, the client gets the cluster name via the Win32
> API function GetClusterInformation(). The reason you need
> to specify it when running dsmcutil.exe is because the
> dsmcutil.exe utility can also be used to configure remote
> machines. Figuring out the local cluster name is easy, but
> figuring out the cluster name for a remote machine is a
> little more difficult. It is possible, but we just have not
> got to it yet. So for now we are leaving it to the user to
> specify the cluster name. Just make sure you are using the
> correct name for the cluster.
> 
> You should be able to back up cluster resources using the
> GUI as long as you have CLUSTERNAME YES in the options file,
> and the machine on which you are running the GUI owns the
> cluster resources you want to back up. Thus if you are
> running the GUI on NODE2, but NODE1 owns the resources, then
> you can not back them up. If you are running the GUI on
> NODE2 and NODE2 owns the resources, then you should be able
> to back them up. If not, then I would recommend opening a
> problem with Service so that we an diagnose the problem.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Andy
> 
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM/Tivoli
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> e-mail: andrew.raibeck AT tivoli DOT com
> "The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."
>