Naaaaah..... :-) It's a bug. The client shouldn't even start. I
haven't checked myself, but I'm sure that the command line interface
wouldn't start with this error. The GUI should behave similarly (i.e. not
start) when this error condition occurs.
Eric's PMR was reopened shortly after he posted this morning, and an APAR
will be opened for this.
Regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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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.
"Don France (P.A.C.E.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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03/18/2002 13:36
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Subject: Re: Bug or request for design?
Since the problem you indicate is beyond the first-failure (ever heard of
FFDC -- first-failure data capture), you really cannot expect the
subsequent
results to be predictable. The current behavior seems reasonable, to me;
you cannot do a restore -- (and) hopefully, you also cannot do any other
functions, either.
You could request the design change (to prevent further client operations
--
yet still keep the window open so you can see - and respond to - the error
message). I would consider it a bug if any functions affected by INCLEXCL
were allowed to proceed; the fact that restore "shows no files" is one
way
of doing that for the restore function -- what about
backup/archive/retrieve?!?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:18 AM
Subject: Bug or request for design?
> Hi *SM-ers!
> I would like to know your opinion on something:
> I opened a PNR for the following TSM client behavior:
> The TSM client (AIX and NT tested) doesn't list any restorable objects
when
> the options file contains an error.
> Try the following on AIX: rename your include/exclude file and start the
TSM
> client. It returns the error: ANS1036S Invalid option 'INCLEXCL' found
in
> options file. Click on OK and now click the restore button on the main
GUI.
> No files are listed!
> This was quite disturbing for our UNIX people! When you correct the
> include/exclude and you restart the GUI all files are listed again.
> To my opinion, this is clearly a bug, but this was the response form the
> Tivoli lab:
> With both the command line and the GUI, the TSM client informed the user
of
> the option file problem and location. If the option file problem is
> resolved, normal client behavior is returned. This appears to be a
request
> for a design change.
> What do you think? Is it a bug or am I a nit-picker?
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
