Karin, TSM does not provide any exits for this purpose. The only exit in TSM is for logging TSM server events, but I don't see that that will provide what you need.
Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2005-04-14 06:08:37: > Hi, > > what I want to do is: If there is a Restore coming to the tsm server, I > want to start a program before TSM starts the restore to do some work, > like prefetching tapes in a vts. > The restore is started via the tsm client gui, no other way. > In some other products, it is "calling an exit". > > Thanks for help and ideas, Karin > > > > > Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet von: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > 14.04.2005 14:17 > Bitte antworten an > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > An > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Kopie > > Thema > Re: Programmes Guide > > > > > > > On Apr 14, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Karin Dambacher wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > does anyone know, where to find online (the) a TSM programmer's guide? > > Is there a possiblity to get a list of tapes, where are a client's > > data ? > > Not all tapes (I know this select), but if I want to do a "restore > > c:\home" only the tapes I need for that restore? > > An often asked question... See "Restoral preview" in > http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts . The essential answer is > that there is no way to get a list of the tapes needed for a given > restoral, partly because restoral candidates determination can be so > complex (read up on No Query Restore vs. Standard Restore to appreciate > the complexities), and largely because the running of enterprise level > facilities means that all resources are always available such that you > as a human don't need to know what tapes are needed: the enterprise > software and hardware takes care of all that for us meager humans. > > You need to tell us more about what you need in terms of a > "programmer's guide". There isn't one, per se, for TSM in general - > only for the API - in that there's no user programming generally > involved in TSM. The product provides various information gathering > facilities (queries, SQL select, and ODBC) which usually suffice. > > Richard Sims
