If we are dreaming, I would love to have the function of an old backup
product we used
at another company that allowed users/helpdesk to do their own restores but
not mess up
others stuff.
<oldtimer experience> I worked on an [insert old mainframe here] that had
a great restore gui (ok, full screen on green screen terminal) that users
could use to restore things themselves. It allowed everyone to see all
the files they had R or RW access to and to be able to restore them
anywhere they wanted that they currently have RW access to, all without
helpdesk or systems intervention.
For most users, it meant anything they could 'see', they could restore to
their home directory. Including inactive files :) ... they could also
archive
but we never advertised this feature (and we put a 10 year limit on that
anyway).
For the helpdesk, it meant that anything that they could 'see' including
user directory, they could restore. Kept down the calls to the 'data
management'
crew.
</oldtimer experience>
If any IBM TSM type would like to talk about this kind of feature for a
possible TSM UserGui
enhancement, give me a call :)
... JC
[Old mainframe was IBM 3090 with VM running SyncSort's SYBACK product, 10+
years ago]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PAC Brion Arnaud [SMTP:Arnaud.Brion AT PANALPINA DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 2:29 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM 5.2 : restore behind a firewall, with
> sessioninitiation s erveronly ?
>
> Hi Karel,
>
> Thanks for your answer : it was so easy I did not thought to it ! Shame
> on me ...
> Anyway this considerably reduces the usability of the product : no
> preview for restores, no pick list ... All those little fancy features
> that are making a TSM admin's life much more glittering and fun ;-)
> Hopefully TSM developpers will think to this ...
> Cheers
>
> Arnaud
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> Karel Bos
> Sent: Tuesday, 09 March, 2004 9:18
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TSM 5.2 : restore behind a firewall, with sessioninitiation
> s erveronly ?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Define a schedule (help define schedule) with action=restore. F
>
> Regards,
>
> Karel
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: PAC Brion Arnaud [mailto:Arnaud.Brion AT PANALPINA DOT COM]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 9 maart 2004 9:13
> Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Onderwerp: TSM 5.2 : restore behind a firewall, with sessioninitiation
> serveronly ?
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Something looking strange to me, maybe someone could better my
> understanding ... We are actually testing to possibility of performing
> backups from an AIX server having TSM client 5.2, and located in our
> DMZ, without opening a port in the firewall. We successfully used the
> "sessioninitiation serveronly" in the client dsm.sys, and data is now
> backuped. Problem is now to restore the data, as the Backup-Archive
> Clients Installation and User's Guide specifies that "By setting
> sessioninitiation option to serveronly, the command line client, native
> GUI, and Web client GUI cannot be used." Does that mean that I'm unable
> to restore the data without opening a port in the firewall, or is there
> any way performing a server initiated restore that I would not be aware
> of ? Please provide me some information on how you achieve this, if
> using the same kind of setup ... Thanks in advance ! Arnaud
>
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