I agree that there are things in the new admin interface that now take 5 or 6 clicks to do what was very simple in the old web interface, but there are things that are better. I'm sure it will improve with time. For me, the benefits of 5.3 outweigh the added complexity of the new admin interface.
Here are the things I like in the new interface: 1. The new admin interface gives you scratch tape count right there next to the library definition - much better than the old web interface. 2. The new admin interface will also give you the last run time, as well as duration of the administrative schedules - again much better than the old interface. 3. Sortable columns, etc. in the new interface are a plus. Also giving totals of the number of rows another plus - you don't have to do selects with a sum. 4. Easier to manage and get status on multiple servers. 5. Some of the wizards are good - much easier for TSM novices to define a library, drives, and paths, and create schedules, retention policies, etc. - probably not much benefit to TSM veterans. I bet I can define a library, drives, and paths faster in the new interface than with the old web one. Here are the things I like about 5.3 that make it worth going to: 1. Much more flexible scheduler 2. Group collocation 3. migrate stgpool command 4. reclaim stgpool command There are others I could probably come up with, but those are the big ones. ______________________________ John Monahan Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions Computech Resources, Inc. Office: 952-833-0930 ext 109 Cell: 952-221-6938 http://www.computechresources.com "Gill, Geoffrey L." <GEOFFREY.L.GILL@ To SAIC.COM> ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Sent by: "ADSM: cc Dist Stor Manager" Subject <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 5.3 - - Likes/dislikes .EDU> 11/10/2005 11:32 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> I've been playing around with 5.3 trying to get used to the changes, before I actually move it to production, and find that to me it is awful cumbersome to do things that used to be so easy. Is there anyone else out there that loves or hates the new software and can point me to why I should like it better than the old web interface? I feel like I have to have the command line interface open no matter what where as before I could do without a second window. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator SAIC M/S-G1b (858)826-4062 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]