This thread has been going on a while, and a lot of people have the same
opinion.
Paul, can you tell us what SHARE requirements have already been submitted
for improvements to the admin interface?
(or to bring back the GUI?)

Thanks,
Wanda



-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Cabanas [mailto:cabanl AT MODOT DOT NET]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:00 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Web Admin Interface - grrr








Tab,

how big is your db?  I have tried to do this in the past, and the amount of
time it took to get the link to "fill" the spreadsheet (or Access db, for
that matter) was WAY too long.  My db at that time was about 50,000 MB.


-lisa

(p.s.-- I still use the old GUI too!!  We all asked these same questions
when the interface was removed, and we never heard back from the listening
developers (that I remember) that addressed why it went away, and why it
would not be resurrected.  I say we should submit a SHARE requirement to
bring it back!!)



                      Tab Trepagnier
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Wanda,

Yeah, the Web Admin client is pretty lame.

That's why I use Excel and an ODBC link to the database.  It's read only,
but I have full filtering, searching, sorting, etc. of Excel to work with
what comes back from the queries.

I have a spreadsheet called GUI_ODBC and it includes the embedded Microsoft
Query queries.  I just select the page of info I'm interested in (like
"volumes") and click the Refresh icon.  In about three seconds I have a new
list of volumes with all fields displayed.

If I have to do something with a particular volume, I usually resort to the
command line.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation





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                    08/12/2002 11:53
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I STILL run the old 3.1 GUI.
The bigger your TSM gets (We are at 550 clients on the largest server),
the more impossible it becomes to use the web admin
because of the lack of filtering and sorting capability.
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Wanda Prather
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
443-778-8769
wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

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-----Original Message-----
From: Rupp Thomas (Illwerke) [mailto:thomas.rupp AT ILLWERKE DOT AT]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:45 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Web Admin Interface - grrr


Hi TSM-ers,

Our Network Storage Manager (NSM - 3466) was just upgraded from 4.2.1 to
4.2.2.8.
Now the format of the QUERY SESSION from the lefthand tree OBJECT VIEW /
SERVER /
SESSION has changed from FORMAT=STANDARD to FORMAT=DETAILED.

Instead of one line per session I get now 12 lines. That makes it
impossible
to see what's
going on ('$%&?)

How can we convince Tivoli to create a useful administration interface (be
it GUI or a Java Applet).
Am I the only one who has problems with the admin interface and still
running the old
3.1 Windows GUI?

Kind regards
Thomas Rupp
Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
TEL:    ++43/5574/4991-251
FAX:    ++43/5574/4991-820-8251



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