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Re: [ADSM-L] Pointing FlashCopyManager.exe at a custom options file

2014-02-19 14:16:06
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Pointing FlashCopyManager.exe at a custom options file
From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:13:34 +0100
Hi Neil,

we’ve opted to do the ‘copy and overwrite’ option files in a script that 
subsequently starts the GUI. The scripts are placed in the start menu and well, 
the exchange/sql admins see the difference, but the ease of use is such that 
there is very little to complain about.

Op 19 feb. 2014, om 16:58 heeft Neil Schofield <neil.schofield AT 
YORKSHIREWATER.CO DOT UK> het volgende geschreven:

> I've got something of a revolt on my hands from our SQL DBAs when it comes
> to the new Flash Copy Manager interface for TDP for SQL. Fundamentally,
> their objections arise from an inability to specify the name of a custom
> options file when launching the console.
> 
> Previously, when managing multiple SQL Server instances in a Failover
> Cluster the DBAs would have numerous shortcuts to TDPSQL.EXE with each
> using the /TSMOPTFILE switch (along with /SQLSERVER ) to specify a
> different options file on a shared disk. Unfortunately
> FLASHCOPYMANAGER.EXE doesn't seem to allow the options file to be
> specified in this way.
> 
> IBM offer some advice to work around this limitation but this seems to
> boil down to reverting to using the now deprecated TDPSQL.EXE or a rather
> kludgy series of scripts to overwrite the default copy of the options file
> with a custom version prior to launching the console:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21597023
> 
> Neither of these is especially attractive and I wondered if anyone else
> had a better way of coping with this scenario? The technote above makes
> reference to reviewing this capability for future releases but given this
> is now a year old and we've seen v7.1 arrive in the mean time, I'm
> guessing they don't see it as a priority.
> 
> Regards
> Neil Schofield
> Infrastructure Architect, Hardware Engineering
> Yorkshire Water
> 
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Remco Post
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