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Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Program Interface

Version 3 Release 1 Level 0 October 1997

The API is not supported at the Version 3 level for the following platforms:

Functional Enhancements

General

Interoperability

New Function Calls

dsmLogEvent
An application can log an event message either on the client or the server.

dsmQueryCliOptions
An application can query the client options before a dsmInit call.

dsmQuerySessOptions
An application can query the client options after a dsmInit call.

dsmUpdateObj

An application can update meta data for an object.

Changed Function Calls

dsmBeginQuery
Backup now has a point-in-time field, and archive now permits a Directory objType.

dsmGetNextQObj
Backup response structure has a new restoreOrderExt field that you must use instead of restoreOrder. Backup and Archive response structures now have a sizeEstimate field. Only objects sent using the Version 3 library will have this value saved and returned on the query. Filespace response structure now has backStartDate fields and backCompleteDate fields.

dsmRCMsg
On platforms that have National Language Support and a choice of language message files, the API returns a message string in the national language.

dsmRegisterFS
Registers a new file space for the node with the server. The fsType field includes the string, API: which displays at the beginning of the fsType string. The maximum fsInfo area now available to applications is DSM_MAX_USER_FSINFO_LENGTH (480).

dsmSendObj
Archive now permits a Directory objType.

dsmUpdateFS
Now has action bit maps for backStartDate and backCompleteDate.


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