Karin, TSM does not provide any exits for this purpose. The only exit in
TSM is for logging TSM server events, but I don't see that that will
provide what you need.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-04-14
06:08:37:
> Hi,
>
> what I want to do is: If there is a Restore coming to the tsm server, I
> want to start a program before TSM starts the restore to do some work,
> like prefetching tapes in a vts.
> The restore is started via the tsm client gui, no other way.
> In some other products, it is "calling an exit".
>
> Thanks for help and ideas, Karin
>
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> Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
> Gesendet von: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 14.04.2005 14:17
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> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
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> An
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Kopie
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> Thema
> Re: Programmes Guide
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> On Apr 14, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Karin Dambacher wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> >
> > does anyone know, where to find online (the) a TSM programmer's guide?
> > Is there a possiblity to get a list of tapes, where are a client's
> > data ?
> > Not all tapes (I know this select), but if I want to do a "restore
> > c:\home" only the tapes I need for that restore?
>
> An often asked question... See "Restoral preview" in
> http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts . The essential answer is
> that there is no way to get a list of the tapes needed for a given
> restoral, partly because restoral candidates determination can be so
> complex (read up on No Query Restore vs. Standard Restore to appreciate
> the complexities), and largely because the running of enterprise level
> facilities means that all resources are always available such that you
> as a human don't need to know what tapes are needed: the enterprise
> software and hardware takes care of all that for us meager humans.
>
> You need to tell us more about what you need in terms of a
> "programmer's guide". There isn't one, per se, for TSM in general -
> only for the API - in that there's no user programming generally
> involved in TSM. The product provides various information gathering
> facilities (queries, SQL select, and ODBC) which usually suffice.
>
> Richard Sims
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