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Re: Vedr.: define devclass file on w2k not working on mounted share?

2003-08-06 06:19:07
Subject: Re: Vedr.: define devclass file on w2k not working on mounted share?
From: Imre Kloknicer <ikloknicer AT EU.INFOBAL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:18:17 +0200
Hi Tobias,

Windows services by default run as a Local System account and this account 
usually does not have access to network resources. I usually create a user for 
running TSM services and give appropriate permissions to this user.

Regards,
Imre

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tobias Hofmann [mailto:tobias.hofmann AT MEDIEN.UNI-WEIMAR DOT DE] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:12 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Vedr.: define devclass file on w2k not working 
> on mounted share?
> 
> 
> Imre, Allan,
> 
> thanks for the quick reply, but:
> 
> Allan Hansen wrote:
> 
> > Hi Tobias,
> > 
> > Don't use the drive letter. It will work with the server name of the
> > remote machine.
> > 
> > e.g.:
> > 
> > define devclass remoteshare devtype=file 
> dir="\\servername\tsmbackups"
> 
> tsm: CMS2_SERVER1>define devclass remoteshare devtype=file 
> dir="\\cms1\tsmbackups"
> ANR8366E DEFINE DEVCLASS: Invalid value for DIRECTORY parameter.
> ANS8001I Rückkehrcode 3.
> 
> Whereas i can see \\cms1\tsmbackups in the file explorer on 
> the machine 
> CMS2, as well as do
> 
> C:\>net view \\cms1
> Freigegebene Ressourcen auf \\cms1
> 
> Name         Typ          Lokal    Beschreibung
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
> tsmbackups   Platte
> videos       Platte
> Der Befehl wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt.
> 
> in a CLI on CMS2...
> 
> I do have to logon to cms1, though, before i can see it in the file 
> explorer - could that be a security thing, that the 
> tsm-server on cms2 
> is running under anoter user context?
> 
> any ideas? thanks for the input,
> 
> kind regards, tobi...
> 
> > 
> > Allan Hansen
> > Munk IT A/S
> > Egelundsvej 18
> > 5260 Odense S
> > Denmark
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tobias Hofmann <tobias.hofmann AT MEDIEN.UNI-WEIMAR DOT DE>
> > Sendt af: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > 06-08-2003 11:31
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> > 
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> >         Vedr.:  define devclass file on w2k not working on 
> mounted share?
> > 
> > 
> > hi all,
> > 
> > I would like to create a devclass of devtype=file on a windows 2000
> > server (w2k) running tsm5.1.0.0 using as dir-path a mounted share of
> > another machine. So what I do is I mount the share of the 
> other machine,
> > using the gui-analogon to "net use" (sorry, German OS here, 
> don,t know
> > the English terms by heart), on, say, drive f:, and then do
> > 
> > define devclass remoteshare devtype=file dir="f:\tsmbackups" on the
> > admin command line. result is
> > 
> > ANR8366E DEFINE DEVCLASS: Invalid value for DIRECTORY parameter.
> > 
> > I am told that on a Unix-machine, it is possible to define 
> a devclass of
> > type file on mounted volumes...
> > 
> > Am I missing something here? What could be the solution to 
> my problem?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any input,
> > 
> > kind regards, tobias hofmann :)
> > 
> > --
> > 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> D99423 Weimar
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> Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Hofmann   Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar  D99423 Weimar
> Professur fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung      Projekt medienquadrat
> SnailMail:  Bauhaus-Universitaet  Weimar,  Fak. Medien,  D99421 Weimar
> Location:     D99423 Weimar     Karl-Haussknechtstr. 7      Zimmer 111
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>            e-mail: mailto:tobias.hofmann AT medien.uni-weimar DOT de
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