In fairness to the WebAdmin, it is useful for accessing my three systems from
my Brother-in-law's house, or my son's dorm room, or a laptop anywhere. I
usually use the CLI, but, damn, I miss the flexibility of the GUI.
Quoting "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU>:
> Look at all the responses on this thread, and what you see is that we are
> all discussing ways we GET AROUND the admin web interface.
> That should be indication enough to the developers that the product has a
> problem.
>
> Telling prospective TSM customers that "oh yeah don't worry, there are
> plenty of ways AROUND the limitations in the admin interface", isn't
> exactly
> a prime selling point.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Hintze [mailto:kai.hintze AT ALBERTSONS DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:51 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr
>
>
> But it is precisely because I _do_ have boatloads of clients that I prefer
> the CLI. I can type "2 or 3 lines of parameters" as someone said a few
> messages back much more quickly than I can <click> <wait> <click> <wait>
> <click> <wait> ....
>
> More, I seldom type long parameters. I have samples of anything I have
> defined/updated/deleted that I can quickly copy to a text editor, change
> the
> few characters that change, and dump into a CLI session. I specify
> everything so that if the defaults change they don't take me by surprise,
> and I seldom have to look back to the manuals find a syntax. The only trick
> is when I change versions I do have to go through the list and compare to
> the new Admin Reference.
>
> - Kai.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kauffman, Tom [mailto:KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 8:38 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Antwort: Web Admin Interface - grrr
> >
> >
> > I'm afraid I'm another vote for the CLI.
>
> <snip> . . .
> >
> > But I don't have boatloads of clients to administer, so I'm
> > probably not
> > seeing the issues the rest of you are fighting. :-)
> >
> > Tom Kauffman
> > NIBCO, Inc
> >
>
Fred Johanson
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