Thanks to all who responded - the problem has been solved.
I very much appreciate your support. Now it's clear to me what's
going on behind the curtain (from my point of view).
Now I know that ADSM and Windows NT are doing what I want
them to do.
Thank you very much for taking the time!
Greetings from Austria
Thomas Rupp
Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
MAIL: thomas.rupp AT illwerke.co DOT at
TEL: ++43/5574/4991-251
FAX: ++43/5574/4991-820-8251
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Pete Tanenhaus [SMTP:tanenhau AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> Gesendet am: Montag, 17. August 1998 15:28
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: AW: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
>
> Level 5 (ptf 5) of the Win32 client will fully support UNC names for
> file
> specifications in all operations
> (backup, restore, include/exclude, etc.), but the scheduler service
> still must
> run under a domain authorised
> account in order to have access to domain resources.
>
> Keep in mind that by default the scheduler service runs under the
> local system
> account which has
> no domain authority.
>
> Also, since this is a non-interactive account no logon environment
> settings
> such as environment
> variables and persistent drive mappings will be present when the
> service logs
> on.
>
> The service should be configured to log in as a domain authorised
> account in
> order to access
> domain resources.
>
> The current ADSM service installation/configuration utility doesn't
> allow a
> domain account and password
> to be specified (the PTF 6 version will) so the logon account must be
> modified
> from the Services Control
> applet.
>
> Hope this helps ....
>
> Pete Tanenhaus, ADSM NT Client Development
>
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Pete Tanenhaus/San Jose/IBM on
> 08/17/98
> 10:01 AM ---------------------------
>
>
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 08/17/98 03:34:20 AM
> Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:
> Subject: AW: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
>
>
> Maybe I've found the problem. I'm a VM and VSE guy and not too
> familiar with Windows NT - therefore some problems of understanding.
>
> The scheduler is started as a NT system service. The commands
> to be executed are located on a Network drive (drive I:).
> I tried to specify the UNC notation (\\servername\sharename\..)
> but this doesn't work as well.
> Has anybody else managed to run a command from a network
> drive or is this simply impossible?
>
> Kind regards
> Thomas Rupp
> Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
> MAIL: thomas.rupp AT illwerke.co DOT at
> TEL: ++43/5574/4991-251
> FAX: ++43/5574/4991-820-8251
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Andrew Raibeck [SMTP:storman AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> > Gesendet am: Montag, 10. August 1998 17:53
> > An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Betreff: Re: AW: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
> >
> > What exactly is in the PRECMD.BAT and POSTCMD.BAT files? The
> > problem may have nothing to do with desktop interaction, but
> > with the commands inside the batch files. For instance, is
> > there anything in there that relies on certain environment
> > variables being set?
> >
> > Instead of redirecting the output of PRECMD.BAT and POSTCMD.BAT,
> > you might try redirecting the output of each command within these
> > files. Be sure to redirect both stdout and stdin, i.e., each file
> > might contain:
> >
> > command1 > cmd1.out 2>&1
> > command2 > cmd2.out 2>&1
> >
> > etc. This might help shed some light.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > Andy Raibeck
> > IBM Storage Systems Division
> > ADSM Client Development
> > e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
> >
> > Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > cc:
> > Subject: AW: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> > I checked the "Interact with desktop option" - and got no error.
> > Now a DOS window flashes up for the pre- and postschedule command.
> > But still none of both commands is executed.
> > I modified the commands to pipe the output to a file (preschedulecmd
> > "I:\ADSM\COMMANDS\WINNT\PRECMD.BAT > C:\PRE.TXT")
> > The file is created, but has a size of 0 bytes.
> >
> > Do you think this problem will be solved by the September PTF?
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Thomas Rupp
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: Piche, Dennis (D.M.) [SMTP:dpiche1 AT FORD DOT COM]
> > > Gesendet am: Montag, 10. August 1998 14:43
> > > An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Betreff: Re: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
> > >
> > > I have had similar problems with preschedule commands. Sometimes
> > the
> > > "Interact with desktop option" needs to be checked on the
> Scheduler
> > > Service.
> > > There is a problem with doing that though. If you have set up the
> > > scheduler
> > > with the name "ADSM Central Scheduler Service" (so that you can
> > modify
> > > the
> > > scheduler through ADSM Services (Swiss Army Knife)) and you check
> > the
> > > "Interact with desktop option", you will get an error when
> bringing
> > up
> > > ADSM
> > > Services. This error will be fixed in the September PTF as per
> IBM.
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Dennis Piche (Altair Engineering Inc.) |
> > > Server and Network Services | Opinions are my own.
> > > FSIC - Ford Motor Company |
> > > (313) 621-7578 dpiche1 AT ford DOT com | SEIZE THE DAY!!
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rupp Thomas (Illwerke)
> > > [SMTP:thomas.rupp AT ILLWERKE.CO DOT AT]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 7:01 AM
> > > Subject: Returncode 1 from PRESCHEDULECMD
> > >
> > > Hi everybody,
> > > I'm running ADSM/VM 2 and Backup Clients for Windows NT
> > V3.1.
> > > My DSM.OPT looks like
> > >
> > > preschedulecmd "I:\ADSM\COMMANDS\WINNT\PRECMD.BAT"
> > > postschedulecmd "I:\ADSM\COMMANDS\WINNT\POSTCMD.BAT"
> > >
> > > This pre and post commands end with returncode 1. No
> message
> > > tells what's going wrong but the commands in the bat-files
> > are
> > > not
> > > executed.
> > > Does anyone know what this returncode means or where I can
> > > find
> > > more information?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Thomas Rupp
> > > Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
> > > MAIL: thomas.rupp AT illwerke.co DOT at
> > > TEL: ++43/5574/4991-251
> > > FAX: ++43/5574/4991-820-8251
> >
> >
> >
>
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