On Friday 05 January 2007 19:30, JR Trimark wrote:
> I am trying to restore data from server_b to server_a using a GUI (web or
> java if available), server_a has crashed and is unavailable.  I need to do
> this for NetWare 6.5, 2K/2K3 Windows and 5.2 AIX; I am using the 5.2
> client for AIX and the 5.3 client for Windows and NetWare.
>
> Windows is easy, just start dsm with the -virtualnodename option or edit
> the dsm.opt file. The CLI works using the -virtualn option when running
> dsmc.
> NetWare only has the web client as its GUI.  Editing the dsm.opt file
> doesn't seem to work. The CLI works using the -virtualn option when
> running dsmc.
>
> AIX has the web client and java as a GUI client.  Editing the dsm.sys file
> doesn't seem to work and the dsmj command ignores
> -virtualnodename/-virtualn options. The CLI works using the -virtualn
> option when running dsmc.
>
> Any ideas
> Thanks in advance.
I once played with the java GUI and I think you can use your own dsm.opt file
and put the server stanza in this file that you want to use.  I "hacked" the
script so you can specify a -server parameter on the command line that will
be used to create a temporary dsm.opt file.


Stef