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Re: question regarding Apple Macintosh client

2002-09-16 13:11:11
Subject: Re: question regarding Apple Macintosh client
From: Mark Stapleton <stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:09:37 -0500
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Remco Post
> > Two gotchas with the Mac OS X client:
> > 1. Filenames longer than 32 characters will not back up.
>
> Without any report from the client that they have been skipped. Also,
> they cannot be archived or seen in the selection list for archiving....
> Even worse is that Tivoli obviously thinks this is a wad, since they
> have not shown any effort in fixing this.

Incorrect. An entry is made in the error log.

> > 2. For the scheduler to work, a root-equivalent account must be logged
> > into
> > the client.
>
> I have not seen the scheduler work even while I was logged in. Stopped
> trying after a few days. Know to Tivoli from day one and still
> unfixed :-(

I got it to work just fine. I wasn't crazy about keeping root logged in all
the time, locked screensaver or not, however.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
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