Hi List, is there a bug in the memory-handling of windows baclient 5.5.0.2 or how does the baclient handles very long lines in dsm.opt? I have to protect a lot of VMs (VMware VI 3.5, vcb-framework 1.1) with long hostnames. So I tried (just for fun):
NODENAME vcbproxy01.dom.tld PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE TCPSERVERADDRESS srv12.dom.tld RESOURCEUTILIZATION 1 MANAGEDSERVICES WEBCLIENT SCHEDULE TCPPORT 1500 TCPADMINPORT 1500 REVOKEREMOTEACCESS ACCESS HTTPPORT 1507 WEBPORTS 1505,1506 SCHEDMODe PRompted LANGUAGE DEU MAXCMDRETRIES 1 DFSBACKUPMNTPNT NO BACKUPREGISTRY NO schedlogretention 10 S VMCHOST vi.dom.tld VMCUSER abcdef VMCPW 123456789 VMLIST virtualmachine1.domain.tld[VM_virtualmachine1_name],a23456789012345678901234567890[a345678901234567890],b23456789012345678901234567890[b345678901234567890],c23456789012345678901234567890[c345678901234567890],d23456789012345678901234567890[d345678901234567890],e23456789012345678901234567890[e345678901234567890],f23456789012345678901234567890[f345678901234567890],g23456789012345678901234567890[g345678901234567890],h23456789012345678901234567890[h345678901234567890],i23456789012345678901234567890[i345678901234567890],j23456789012345678901234567890[j345678901234567890],k23456789012345678901234567890[k345678901234567890],l23456789012345678901234567890[l345678901234567890],m23456789012345678901234567890[m345678901234567890],n23456789012345678901234567890[n345678901234567890],o23456789012345678901234567890[o345678901234567890],p23456789012345678901234567890[p345678901234567890],q23456789012345678901234567890[q345678901234567890],r23456789012345678901234567890[r345678901234567890],s2 3456789012345678901234567890[s345678901234567890],t23456789012345678901234567890[t345678901234567890],u23456789012345678901234567890[u345678901234567890],v23456789012345678901234567890[v345678901234567890],w23456789012345678901234567890[w345678901234567890],x23456789012345678901234567890[x345678901234567890],y23456789012345678901234567890[y345678901234567890],z23456789012345678901234567890[z345678901234567890],1a3456789012345678901234567890[2aa5678901234567890],1b3456789012345678901234567890[2ab5678901234567890],1c3456789012345678901234567890[2ac5678901234567890],1d3456789012345678901234567890[2ad5678901234567890],1e3456789012345678901234567890[2ae5678901234567890],1f3456789012345678901234567890[2af5678901234567890],1g3456789012345678901234567890[2ag5678901234567890],1h3456789012345678901234567890[2ah5678901234567890],1i3456789012345678901234567890[2ai5678901234567890],1j3456789012345678901234567890[2aj5678901234567890],1k3456789012345678901234567890[2ak5678901234567890],1l34 56789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890],1m3456789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890],1n3456789012345678901234567890[2an5678901234567890],1o3456789012345678901234567890[2ao5678901234567890],1p3456789012345678901234567890[2ap5678901234567890],1q3456789012345678901234567890[2aq5678901234567890],1r3456789012345678901234567890[2ar5678901234567890],1s3456789012345678901234567890[2as5678901234567890],1t3456789012345678901234567890[2at5678901234567890],1u3456789012345678901234567890[2au5678901234567890],1v3456789012345678901234567890[2av5678901234567890],1w3456789012345678901234567890[2aw5678901234567890],1x3456789012345678901234567890[2ax5678901234567890],1y3456789012345678901234567890[2ay5678901234567890],1z3456789012345678901234567890[2az5678901234567890] There are 53 virtual machines with a 30-chars name and a 20-chars nodename :) This is a option of 2702 chars (plus 7 chars for 'vmlist ' in that line.) The baclient is processing all VMs, but it uses chars 1268-2702 as the hostname (VMCHOST): 4567890], y23456789012345678901234567890[y345678901234567890], z23456789012345678901234567890[z345678901234567890], 1a3456789012345678901234567890[2aa5678901234567890], 1b3456789012345678901234567890[2ab5678901234567890], 1c3456789012345678901234567890[2ac5678901234567890], 1d3456789012345678901234567890[2ad5678901234567890], 1e3456789012345678901234567890[2ae5678901234567890], 1f3456789012345678901234567890[2af5678901234567890], 1g3456789012345678901234567890[2ag5678901234567890], 1h3456789012345678901234567890[2ah5678901234567890], 1i3456789012345678901234567890[2ai5678901234567890], 1j3456789012345678901234567890[2aj5678901234567890], 1k3456789012345678901234567890[2ak5678901234567890], 1l3456789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890], 1m3456789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890], 1n3456789012345678901234567890[2an5678901234567890], 1o3456789012345678901234567890[2ao5678901234567890], 1p3456789012345678901234567890[2ap5678901234567890], 1q3456789012345678901234567890[2aq5678901234567890], 1r3456789012345678901234567890[2ar5678901234567890], 1s3456789012345678901234567890[2as5678901234567890], 1t3456789012345678901234567890[2at5678901234567890], 1u3456789012345678901234567890[2au5678901234567890], 1v3456789012345678901234567890[2av5678901234567890], 1w3456789012345678901234567890[2aw5678901234567890], 1x3456789012345678901234567890[2ax5678901234567890], 1y3456789012345678901234567890[2ay5678901234567890], 1z3456789012345678901234567890[2az5678901234567890] and chars 1510-2709 as the username (VMCUSER): [2ac5678901234567890], 1d3456789012345678901234567890[2ad5678901234567890], 1e3456789012345678901234567890[2ae5678901234567890], 1f3456789012345678901234567890[2af5678901234567890], 1g3456789012345678901234567890[2ag5678901234567890], 1h3456789012345678901234567890[2ah5678901234567890], 1i3456789012345678901234567890[2ai5678901234567890], 1j3456789012345678901234567890[2aj5678901234567890], 1k3456789012345678901234567890[2ak5678901234567890], 1l3456789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890], 1m3456789012345678901234567890[2al5678901234567890], 1n3456789012345678901234567890[2an5678901234567890], 1o3456789012345678901234567890[2ao5678901234567890], 1p3456789012345678901234567890[2ap5678901234567890], 1q3456789012345678901234567890[2aq5678901234567890], 1r3456789012345678901234567890[2ar5678901234567890], 1s3456789012345678901234567890[2as5678901234567890], 1t3456789012345678901234567890[2at5678901234567890], 1u3456789012345678901234567890[2au5678901234567890], 1v3456789012345678901234567890[2av5678901234567890], 1w3456789012345678901234567890[2aw5678901234567890], 1x3456789012345678901234567890[2ax5678901234567890], 1y3456789012345678901234567890[2ay5678901234567890], 1z3456789012345678901234567890[2az5678901234567890] You see this at the gui/vm-preferences, too. No need to say, that this won't work; dsmsched.log shows 53 failed VMs. If you define VMLIST not-again... VMCHOST vi.dom.tld VMCUSER abcdef VMCPW 123456789 the vmlist is cut and the 'vi.dom.tld' is added. Can anyone confirm this? Stefan Teusch -- Stefan Teusch E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +49 (0)551 201-1866 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg, 37077 Göttingen Tel: +49 (0)551 201-1510 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 URL: http://www.gwdg.de Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Neumair Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Christian Griesinger Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598