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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 27, 2021

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REST api for dsmadmc

We are doing some "automated" tasks in Spectrum Protect and we are currently doing it by calling dsmadmc.exe (and args). But starting such an process for every request is rather time consuming - and heavy cpu/memory on the Windows machine (having like 20 dsmadmc running/starting all the time).

If there instead exist an REST api (or similiar) to execute remote commands - would greatly improve performance and remove the actual starting time of the dsmadmc process and also remove the cpu and memory usage on the windows machine where these tasks are running.

We are calling dsmadmc.exe from Windows machine, which then connects to a Spectrum Protect server running on Linux.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 29, 2021

    There is a REST API available to issues administration commands:

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-spectrum-protect-operations-center-v810-rest-api-commands

    IBM plans to remove the need for the Operations Center in order to use the current REST API and so this part of the requirement may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 29, 2021

    I suppose I could do it with the below calls, but I would have to go through yet one more product (the OC).

    Speed and "thread safe" would be a key factor. Would I be able to do xx simultaneously REST api calls at the same time?
    Is it faster through REST/OC than calling dsmadmc etc.

    And since you have the REST api of the OC - I suppose you would want to avoid adding it to dsmadmc as well.

    Issue command* cli/issueCommand[/{server name}]
    Issue confirm command* cli/issueConfirmedCommand[/{server name}]

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