Look at all the responses on this thread, and what you see is that we are
all discussing ways we GET AROUND the admin web interface.
That should be indication enough to the developers that the product has a
problem.

Telling prospective TSM customers that "oh yeah don't worry, there are
plenty of ways AROUND the limitations in the admin interface", isn't exactly
a prime selling point.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kai Hintze [mailto:kai.hintze AT ALBERTSONS DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:51 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr


But it is precisely because I _do_ have boatloads of clients that I prefer
the CLI. I can type "2 or 3 lines of parameters" as someone said a few
messages back much more quickly than I can <click> <wait> <click> <wait>
<click> <wait> ....

More, I seldom type long parameters. I have samples of anything I have
defined/updated/deleted that I can quickly copy to a text editor, change the
few characters that change, and dump into a CLI session. I specify
everything so that if the defaults change they don't take me by surprise,
and I seldom have to look back to the manuals find a syntax. The only trick
is when I change versions I do have to go through the list and compare to
the new Admin Reference.

- Kai.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 8:38 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr
>
>
> I'm afraid I'm another vote for the CLI.

<snip> . . .
>
> But I don't have boatloads of clients to administer, so I'm
> probably not
> seeing the issues the rest of you are fighting. :-)
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>