ITEM: BP5612L

File images not showing up in smitty using sysback

Env:
  AIX 4.1
  RISC C10
  sysback 3.3.3.8

Desc:
  Customer creates some backup images and put them in a directory call
  /backup_images
  The backup images are called smp001.rootvg.\
                               smp001.datavg.\
                               smp001.vg1.\

  The customer sets up his /usr/lpp/sysback/.remote_access file this way
  +all:+all:all:/backup_images:/backup_images

  The permissions are rwxrwxrwxt root system for the /backup_images directory
  And the file images has read permissions all the way down.
  The /usr/lpp/sysback/.servers file on each of the clients is setup this way:
  smp001 Y

  The images would not showup in smitty as a input device for a restore from
  the client.  The only things that showed up are the remote tape drives.
  Once I created a symbolic link to the smp001.datavg.\ and called the
  file smp002.datavg.\ (which is one of the clients names) it worked.
 The backup images are called smp001.rootvg.\
                               smp001.datavg.\
                               smp001.vg1.\

  The customer sets up his /usr/lpp/sysback/.remote_access file this way
  +all:+all:all:/backup_images:/backup_images

  The permissions are rwxrwxrwxt root system for the /backup_images directory
  And the file images has read permissions all the way down.
  The /usr/lpp/sysback/.servers file on each of the clients is setup this way:
  smp001 Y

  The images would not showup in smitty as a input device for a restore from
  the client.  The only things that showed up are the remote tape drives.
  Once I created a symbolic link to the smp001.datavg.\ and called the
  file smp002.datavg.\ (which is one of the clients names) it worked.

  So the question is are we stuck with a naming convention with the file
  names to showup as input devices when using smitty?  I was able to restore
  the images without problem from the command line.  Is this 
  "WORKING AS DESIGN"

Notes from the developer:

This is working as designed. This has always been the case that the
hostname was required as prefix to the file. This will NOT be required in
Version 4.

Next Action:
  Closing with customer approval




Support Line: File images not showing up in smitty using sysback ITEM: BP5612L

Dated: October 1996 Category: N/A

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