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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 27, 2012

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DSMCUTIL LIST data only output

Gathering a list of TSM related services currently requires a lot of parsing to get the data in a usable state for batch processing. The IBM provided dsmcutil.exe can get the data but it outputs with a bunch of other "stuff" that requires a lot of parsing.

Like some of the other tsm utilities we can throw the -dataonly=yes parm to simplify batch processing. That would be a huge help.

Output I get from the [dsmcutil.exe] utility today:
=====================================TSM Windows NT Client Service Configuration Utility

Command Line Interface - Version 6, Release 3, Level 0.0

(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 2011, All Rights Reserved.

Last Updated Sep 27 2011

TSM Api Version 6.3.0

Command: List Installed TSM Client Services

Machine: NODENAME(Local Machine)


Installed TSM Client Services:

1. TSM Client Acceptor

2. TSM Client Acceptor - Domino

3. TSM Client Scheduler

4. TSM Client Scheduler - Domino

4 TSM Client Services were located.

=====================================



Output I'd like to have the option to get from [dsmcutil.exe]:
=====================================

TSM Client Acceptor

TSM Client Acceptor - Domino

TSM Client Scheduler

TSM Client Scheduler - Domino

=====================================

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 1, 2014

    After further consideration around our strategic priorities and focus areas, we will not be planning to implement a solution for this request in the next release or two. As an alternative, we would recommend using currently available scripting tools with parsing capabilties to remove unwanted output from the dsmcutil output we provide. If after the next couple of releases, you would like us to reconsider, please submit a new request.

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