Dating myself, but Regina Rexx is another option. Very Small (~1MB exe), 
stable, flexible and very transportable across OS platforms. 

..Paul

On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:25 AM, "Schaub, Steve" <steve_schaub AT BCBST DOT COM> 
wrote:

> Your Windows Team might balk at having to install Perl on every Windows 
> server if it is a large environment.  Although you could use the old command 
> scripting, if you are starting from scratch anyway, I would suggest going 
> forward in Powershell for Windows.
> -steve schaub
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Prather, Wanda
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:02 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Batch for Admin Jobs.
> 
> Just a suggestion:
> I think you'll get a lot more function, flexibility, and help if you wrap it 
> in perl.
> Active perl for Windows is free, open source, and safe - doesn't install a 
> single .dll file.
> I started writing perl for batch TSM tasks because all I have to do is change 
> / to \ and I can run it on either platform.
> 
> W
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 5:05 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Batch for Admin Jobs.
> 
> I have looked with no luck, does any know where I can see examples of TSM 
> daily jobs written in Windows batch?  We prefer to run our scheduled jobs 
> through an enterprise scheduler and all of the batch stuff I have is for AIX 
> and I have not done Windows batch in a long time.
> 
> 
> Andy Huebner
> 
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