I am looking to throw together a quick GUI front-end for the BrightStor 11.1 TapeCopy command. Thing is that CA promises to have a GUI version in the next release so I don't want to invest too much time and effort. Has anyone put together anything like this?

The command has a few parms that I would prefer to grab from pick lists and/or folder names. An example CL is as follows:
TapeCopy -s SRV2_D -d LTO -t M-SRV2-SAT-05/28/05 -c TM-SRV2-SAT-05/28/05 -m MLY_TAPE -g

-s = source group name
-d = destination group name
-t = source tape name
-c = destination tape name
-m = assigned media pool
-g = merge detail

I turned on the local catalog DB, so the tape names are in the individual folder names beneath \Program Files\CA\BrightStor ARCserve Backup\CATALOG.DB as tapename.RID which makes getting "-t" easy. Since I only want to copy the monthly tapes, I just need to pull every foldername that starts with "M" and strip off the extension.

Also, since part of the source groupname "-s" is in the tapename, I can rip and manufacture it. The destination tapename "-c" is simply the source name with a T prefix and the destination groupname "-d" and "-m" assigned media pool and "-g" never changes.

I just need a KiXstart (sic) to get my form going, not being much of a KF coder and what with all the new ways to generate picklists. Anyone care to advise?

TIA

Edited by Les (2005-06-01 07:20 PM)
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