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Re: 8-character file name/index limitation on Domino TDP client

2005-09-21 19:02:57
Subject: Re: 8-character file name/index limitation on Domino TDP client
From: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:03:21 -0600
Zoltan, just as a sanity check... try renaming dsmschex.log to
dsmschedw.log (ensuring correct write permissions), and see what happens
when you try to use the TDP with errorlogname dsmschedw.log.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-09-21
12:36:14:

> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> I checked out the entry you pointed to. While the symptom is the same,
it
> don't think it is my problem.
>
> Why would changing the name from "dsmschedw.log" to "dsmschex.log" work
if
> it has to do with permissions. In both cases, the file did not exist and
> should have been created on the first run. The directory it is writing
> these logs to is:  /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram12.
>
> I am sudo as root and running the command:
>
> su - vram12 -c "domdsmc_vram12 selective \"*\"
>
/ADSMOPTF=/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram12/dsmweekly.opt"
>
> If the ERRORLOGNAME points to:
>
> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram12/dsmerrow.log
>
> or
>
> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram12/dsmerror.log
>
> or any combination of 8-or less characters before the ".opt",  it works.
> But pointing to:
>
> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram12/dsmerrorw.log
>
> fails every time.
>
>
>
>
> Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 09/20/2005 04:46 PM
> Please respond to
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
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> To
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> Re: [ADSM-L] 8-character file name/index limitation on Domino TDP client
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Zoltan, a check on the IBM web site for ANS1192E and/or RC959 might
yield
> some insight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-09-20
> 13:38:39:
>
> > I know this sounds bizarre, but I can reproduce this every time.
> >
> > In my DSM.SYS file, when I code the following:
> >
> >    SCHEDLOGNAME
> > /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram2/dsmschedw.log
> >    ERRORLOGNAME
> > /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/domino/bin/domdsmc_vram2/dsmerrorw.log
> >
> > the backup session fails with:
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
> > Data Protection for Lotus Domino
> > Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0
> > (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2004. All rights reserved.
> >
> > ANS1192E (RC959)  Specifying the error log '*' as a symbolic link is
not
> > allowed.
> >  ACD5412W An error was encountered with Tivoli Storage Manager API
> > initialization, rc = 959.
> > Examine the dsierror.log for more information or determine if the TSM
> API
> > is installed properly.
> >  Warning! Error initializing the connection to the TDP library
> >
> > Initialization failed
> >
> > When I change the file name/1st index from DSMSCHEDW.LOG to
DSMSCHED.LOG
> > (or anything LESS THAN OR EQUAL 8-characters in the 1st index of the
> file
> > name), the backup works.
> >
> > Considering that this is latest release of the TDP client on Solaris,
> the
> > strange limitation is.................strange !
> >
> > What am I missing ?

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