Hi Tobias, Windows services by default run as a Local System account and this account usually does not have access to network resources. I usually create a user for running TSM services and give appropriate permissions to this user.
Regards, Imre > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Hofmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Vedr.: define devclass file on w2k not working > on mounted share? > > > Imre, Allan, > > thanks for the quick reply, but: > > Allan Hansen wrote: > > > Hi Tobias, > > > > Don't use the drive letter. It will work with the server name of the > > remote machine. > > > > e.g.: > > > > define devclass remoteshare devtype=file > dir="\\servername\tsmbackups" > > tsm: CMS2_SERVER1>define devclass remoteshare devtype=file > dir="\\cms1\tsmbackups" > ANR8366E DEFINE DEVCLASS: Invalid value for DIRECTORY parameter. > ANS8001I Rückkehrcode 3. > > Whereas i can see \\cms1\tsmbackups in the file explorer on > the machine > CMS2, as well as do > > C:\>net view \\cms1 > Freigegebene Ressourcen auf \\cms1 > > Name Typ Lokal Beschreibung > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > tsmbackups Platte > videos Platte > Der Befehl wurde erfolgreich ausgeführt. > > in a CLI on CMS2... > > I do have to logon to cms1, though, before i can see it in the file > explorer - could that be a security thing, that the > tsm-server on cms2 > is running under anoter user context? > > any ideas? thanks for the input, > > kind regards, tobi... > > > > > Allan Hansen > > Munk IT A/S > > Egelundsvej 18 > > 5260 Odense S > > Denmark > > > > > > > > > > > > Tobias Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sendt af: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 06-08-2003 11:31 > > Besvar venligst til "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > > > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Vedr.: define devclass file on w2k not working on > mounted share? > > > > > > hi all, > > > > I would like to create a devclass of devtype=file on a windows 2000 > > server (w2k) running tsm5.1.0.0 using as dir-path a mounted share of > > another machine. So what I do is I mount the share of the > other machine, > > using the gui-analogon to "net use" (sorry, German OS here, > don,t know > > the English terms by heart), on, say, drive f:, and then do > > > > define devclass remoteshare devtype=file dir="f:\tsmbackups" on the > > admin command line. result is > > > > ANR8366E DEFINE DEVCLASS: Invalid value for DIRECTORY parameter. > > > > I am told that on a Unix-machine, it is possible to define > a devclass of > > type file on mounted volumes... > > > > Am I missing something here? What could be the solution to > my problem? > > > > Thanks in advance for any input, > > > > kind regards, tobias hofmann :) > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Hofmann Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar > D99423 Weimar > > Professur fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung Projekt > medienquadrat > > SnailMail: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar, Fak. Medien, > D99421 Weimar > > Location: D99423 Weimar Karl-Haussknechtstr. 7 > Zimmer 111 > > Fon: ++49-(0)3643-58-3780 Fax : -3701 > > e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Hofmann Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar D99423 Weimar > Professur fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung Projekt medienquadrat > SnailMail: Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar, Fak. Medien, D99421 Weimar > Location: D99423 Weimar Karl-Haussknechtstr. 7 Zimmer 111 > Fon: ++49-(0)3643-58-3780 Fax : -3701 > e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
