Mark, thank you for your feedback. Consider it noted.
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
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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 2005-10-06
14:22:47:
> Andrew,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply.
>
> I have two comments however. First the documentation should be
> corrected. README files are great but typically they are only read (if
> at all) when a system is initially installed or for a major update. For
> day-to-day usage most of us rely on the documentation. Furthermore,
> with the new paradigm of having the documentation on line I think it is
> reasonable to expect that they make up to date changes in the on line
> documentation. There is no reason for them to state that dsmj does work
> with virtual nodename and then over ride it in a README file. I would
> be much more effective to have the on line documentation updated.
>
> The second is why don't the fix dsmj so that it operates at least as
> good as the older dsm version! This seems like we have taken a step
> backwards in functionality. In addition we lost the estimate feature as
> well, not that I was a big fan of it but it did come in handy once in a
> while. Clearly both of these functions could be added into dsmj with
> just a little bit nippling by some Java Junkie. I sure hope IBM picks
> up on this!
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mark D. Rodriguez
> President MDR Consulting, Inc.
>
>
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>
>
> Andrew Raibeck wrote:
>
> >Hi Mark,
> >
> >From the README file:
> >
> >- VIRTUALNODENAME option is ignored for BA Java GUI (dsmj) client
> >
> > If you need to use VIRTUALNODENAME option, please use the Command
Line
> > Interface client (dsmc).
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >P.S. I've asked the folks who work on dsmj to treat this condition as a
> >defect, though at this time I do not know if/when a fix will be made
> >available.
> >
> >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
> >
> >IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
> >http://www-306.ibm.
> com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html
> >
> >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 2005-10-06
> >13:42:28:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have a Linux system running 5.3.0.11 client code. According to the
> >>TSM documentation (see excerpt below) the virtualnodename option is
> >>supported by dsmj.
> >>
> >>/To restore or retrieve files to another workstation, use the
> >>virtualnodename option to specify the node name of the workstation
from
> >>which you backed up the files. Virtualnodename cannot be set to the
> >>hostname of the machine. You can use the virtualnodename option when
you
> >>start Tivoli Storage Manager or you can add the virtualnodename option
> >>to your client user options file dsm.opt. Use the virtualnodename
option
> >>on the dsmj command if you are borrowing another user's machine and
you
> >>do not want to update their client user options file.
> >>/
> >>However, if I use it on the command line when I invoke dsmj I get the
> >>following error which appears to be a syntax error when trying to do a
> >>cd command!
> >>
> >>/hotrod@athlon:~/mdrfinancial> dsmj -virtualnode=mail
> >>/usr/bin/dsmj: line 125: cd: -v: invalid option
> >>cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]
> >>Unable to access jarfile dsm.jar
> >>/
> >>I have looked at the file dsmj and it appears that if there are one or
> >>more parameters passed it tries to cd to the first parameter which in
> >>this case causes a problem. My conclusion is that either dsmj really
> >>does not support virtualnodename and the documentation is wrong or
there
> >>is a serious coding error in the dsmj script.
> >>
> >>In addition, I tried putting the virtualnodename option in my dsm.opt
> >>file which worked fine with the dsmc command but it still was not
picked
> >>up by the dsmj command at all.
> >>
> >>I am curious, is this behavior particular to Linux or is this behavior
> >>the same on the other version of dsmj for unix systems.
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Mark D. Rodriguez
> >>President MDR Consulting, Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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> >
> >
> >>MDR Consulting
> >>The very best in Technical Training and Consulting.
> >>IBM Advanced Business Partner
> >>SAIR Linux and GNU Authorized Center for Education
> >>IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert, CATE
> >>AIX Support and Performance Tuning, RS6000 SP, TSM/ADSM and Linux
> >>Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHCE
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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> >
> >
> >
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