Hi All -- Here are the results of the TSM Survey I did recently. I found the results quite interesting. So, without further delay here are the numbers: Admin Style -------------------------- TSM Commandline.........25 TSM Web interface.......11 Scripts.................21 Old Admin GUI........... 5 Scripts -------------------------- Perl.................... 6 Shell Script............15 Rexx.................... 4 TSM Macros.............. 2 C programs.............. 1 Java.................... 1 Comments: After reading through all 28 of the survey's, I would like to share a few observations with you: 1) Some of you manframe admins have come up with some really creative management solutions. Using manframe console monitoring and REXX. 2) It appears that about 25% do their primary admin using the command line interface. I was suprised to see this trend. 3) Practically everybody answered with multiple options when asked which they used: Commandline, Web, or Scripts. A fairly typical response was, I use scripts for management, but the command line for adhoc stuff. 4) Five of you still use and LOVE the old windows admin software. Many thought I work for IBM, which I don't, and asked if we could PLEASE bring back support for this interface. Hopefully, somebody from IBM is reading this and will respond. 5) Schwaiger ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) wrote his admin stuff in C, Motif and shell scripts. I am VERY impressed, you rock Schwaiger! 6) As you can tell from the numbers, scripting is very popular! That ought to be a hint to you commandline only folks... 7) In case your wondering, I got a survey from an IBM'er who says they use shell and perl scripts for management. Thank you all for sharing your information with me, it was very interesting, and quite helpful. If you have any specific questions about the survey results, please feel free to contact me directly. Andy. __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
