ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] select and script

2008-08-26 12:10:56
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] select and script
From: Remco Post <remco AT PIPSWORLD DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:09:48 +0200
On Aug 26, 2008, at 17:26 , Richard Sims wrote:

TSM macros and scripts are rather primitive, where doing much more
than issuing commands and reacting to return codes is clumsy at best.


They are. Still, somewhere I got the impression that what I want to do
should be possible, my example is a very simplified version of what I
want to do.

The TSM goal of site-issued messages usually attempts to deal with
exceptional events.  Rather than try to rig some kind of periodic
script checking the database level, I would attempt to accomplish the
task using provided facilities.

The first one I would consider would be TSM server Event Logging,

which is the best intended facility for the task.  You could employ a
FILETEXTEXIT writing to a FIFO which is read by a perl program, as a
simple expedient, or write a C program for a USEREXIT type of
implementation.


I've investigated userexit, how comfy would you be linking your own
code into the TSM server? The userexit is a scary solution, I wouldn't
touch it with a very long pole even if my life depended on it.

More advanced is the SNMP facility, where you could perform SNMPTRAPs
to convey event info to a central monitoring facility (often a
commercial product), where such a monitoring instance usually provides
a gamut of organizational information distributing, alerting,
tracking, and historical reporting.


At this customer we have TEC available.

 Richard Sims    http://people.bu.edu/rbs



Great solutions, unfortunately, none answer my question.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,

Remco Post
remco AT pipsworld DOT nl