So do you have any VB scripts that are worth sharing with the list?

Rajesh Oak
Enterprise Storage Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
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DATE: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:35:31
From: Tab Trepagnier <Tab.Trepagnier AT LAITRAM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Cc:

>Steve,
>
>Don't limit yourself to command scripts.  Look into VB Script.  The
>combination of VB Script (VBS) and Windows Script Host (WSH) gives you
>access to a much more "precise" scripting environment along with access to
>other Windows script interfaces such as ADO (ActiveX Data Objects), CDO
>(Collaborative Data Objects), etc., plus the COM components of any
>applications installed on your PC such as Internet Explorer or MS Office
>apps.   All of that is unavailable via the standard Windows batch
>interface.  I've been a big batch file writer since DOS 3.0, but I've
>spent the last year or so learning VBS / WSH, and the combination feels
>"liberating."
>
>I suggest you explore it before committing to batch files.
>
>Tab Trepagnier
>TSM Administrator
>Laitram LLC
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>Steve Roder <spr AT REXX.ACSU.BUFFALO DOT EDU>
>Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>12/11/2003 08:11 AM
>Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
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>        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>        cc:
>        Subject:        Windows Scripts
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>Hi All,
>
>     Anyone know of a good repository of native win2k cmd scripts for
>doing various TSM functions?  I am particularly interested in a script
>that checks for full copypool volumes that are inside a library, issues
>checkout commands (and does the reply), and updates the tapes' access to
>offsite.
>
>     I have written this script in perl on AIX, but the Windows servers I
>help out with do not have perl installed, so .cmd files is what I am
>looking at for this.
>
>Any code, pointers, tips, reference sites would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve Roder, University at Buffalo
>HOD Service Coordinator
>VM Systems Programmer
>UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX)
>TSM/ADSM Administrator
>UB DNS Team
>(spr AT buffalo DOT edu | (716)645-3564)
>



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