Point well taken and thank you. As soon as I saw this on Wednesday, I shared it with the rest of the team.
As I noted earlier, we will have a "fix" for this targeted for April in DP/SQL 7.1.0.1. I will take this opportunity to mention that we do have a TSM/FCM EAP/beta program running for the next release and would love to have anyone interested. If you are interested in enrolling, please submit a sign-up form here: https://www-304.ibm.com/software/support/trial/cst/forms/nomination.wss?id=5311 For any questions, please contact Mary Anne Filosa, [email protected] Thank you, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 02/14/2014 07:06:29 AM: > From: "Schaub, Steve" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 02/14/2014 07:07 AM > Subject: Re: TDP for SQL 6.4.1 cross-server restore setup > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Thanks, Del. > As Steven H noted, someone really needs to impress on the developers > that putting out a product that requires customers to made ad hoc > changes to their production config files on the fly is really not > enterprise quality engineering. > -steve s > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Del Hoobler > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP for SQL 6.4.1 cross-server restore setup > > Hello, > > I am sorry for problems this has caused. > > A fix for this is targeted for the DP/SQL 7.1.0.1 iFix. > Current estimate is April. > > Thank you. > > > Del > > --------------------------------- > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 02/13/2014 > 11:53:25 AM: > > > From: Hans Christian Riksheim <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected], > > Date: 02/13/2014 11:54 AM > > Subject: Re: TDP for SQL 6.4.1 cross-server restore setup Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > > > I agree. > > > > With the old GUI I put a link in the Public Desktop-folder for each > MSSQL > > instance. Easy for the MSSQL-people just to double click on a named > > icon > on > > their desktop which pointed to the correct configfile. > > > > Now they are copying cfg-files all around in the tdpsql directory. On > one > > occation a configfile for an instance was emptied in this process. The > > backup schedule had no problem with that since it just backed up the > > default instance instead. So not only an inconvenience but also an > > added risk with the new GUI. I vote for a speedy resolve of this > > future improvement. > > > > Hans Chr. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Steven Harris > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the workaround Del, this is not directed at you. > > > > > > Surely this would have come up and been solved in any reasonable > > > beta test program, well before being inflicted on long-sufferingcustomers? > > > Sometimes I wonder if any consideration is given to those who use > > > the product day to day. The idiotic work arounds that we have to > > > use, > that > > > have been in the TSM for years and continue to cause wasted time and > > > effort by everyone flabbergast me. One of my accounts has just gone > off > > > to something that promises a brand new approach. Time will tell if > the > > > reality matches the glossies, but this is exactly the sort of reason > why > > > they leave. > > > > > > Spleen vented, submerging again, > > > Steve > > > > > > Steven Harris > > > TSM Admin > > > Canberra Australia > > > > > > > > > > > > On 13/02/2014 5:04 AM, Del Hoobler wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Steve, > > >> > > >> See if this helps: > > >> > > >> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21597023 > > >> > > >> BTW... this is a known requirement. There are plans to add this > > >> function directly to the launch of the MMC soon. > > >> > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >> > > >> Del > > >> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on > > >> 02/12/2014 > > >> 11:46:58 AM: > > >> > > >> From: "Schaub, Steve" <[email protected]> > > >>> To: [email protected], > > >>> Date: 02/12/2014 12:36 PM > > >>> Subject: TDP for SQL 6.4.1 cross-server restore setup Sent by: > > >>> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > >>> > > >>> Windows 2012, TSM & TDP 6.4.1 > > >>> > > >>> Our DBA's do a fair amount of cross-server restores here. Since I > > >>> cant depend on them editing the dsm.opt file (tried that before, > > >>> ended up with a bunch of backups in the wrong place because they > > >>> forgot to change it back), I came up with a little pre-launch > > >>> script that allows them to pick a SQL node from our inventory to > > >>> restore from, then builds a temp opt file using that node name, > > >>> and launches the tdp gui using that opt file. > > >>> > > >>> However, now that 6.4.1 has killed off the tdp gui in favor of the > > >>> mmc, I haven't been able to figure out how to achieve the same > > >>> results. Can someone tell me how to launch the mmc using an > > >>> alternate opt file? > > >>> > > >>> > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of > Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm >
