Hi Skylar,

No. There is not.

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 06/08/2012
08:51:14 AM:

> From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT U.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Date: 06/08/2012 08:58 AM
> Subject: Re: API/BA client compatibility
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>
> Ah, bummer. I'm assuming there's no way to turn the safeties off?
>
> On 06/07/12 17:45, Del Hoobler wrote:
> > Hello Skylar,
> >
> > The TSM API blocks access to BA client objects on purpose.
> > This is a safety precaution in the code so that rogue programs
> > cannot interfere with BA client operations.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Del
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 06/07/2012
> > 05:11:02 PM:
> >
> > > From: Skylar Thompson <skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu>
> > > To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> > > Date: 06/07/2012 05:14 PM
> > > Subject: API/BA client compatibility
> > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
> > >
> > > I'm looking at using the API client to try to track backup usage
> > > generated by the BA client back to the particular object owner. I've
> > > written a test client based around the callret.c sample code, and
can
> > > get it to connect, but I get a DSM_RC_UNKNOWN_FORMAT return code for
> > > every object I process.
> > >
> > >  From the documentation I see that the BA client can perform some
> > > limited set of operations on objects backed up using the API, but I
> > > can't find anything on the reverse. Does anyone know if it's
possible to
> > > query objects backed up using the BA client by an API client?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
>
> --
> -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
> -- Systems Administrator, Genome Sciences Department
> -- University of Washington, School of Medicine
>