Fasttrack istool import error

cdp · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:46 pm

What is the correct syntax to import Fasttrack assets into a different Fasttrack project?

According to IBM documentation and tech notes on this topic, they indicate that the following syntax for the import process needs to be used:

Code:

import -u admin -p admin100 -dom EVEREST -ar ft_archive1.isx -fasttrack '-dsNamespace=EVEREST/DSProject'

But putting in my own parameters returns the error "ERROR: Unknown option: -fasttrack"

Tech note #1446771 indicates that the -ft command, instead of -fasttrack, option needs to be used but I get the same error: 'Unknown option: -ft'

Any idea where I might be going wrong with this?

qt_ky · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:19 pm

I ran into that same error before also. In my case I was trying to use istool on the server and found out that for fasttrack, you have to run istool from the client tier (it's in the Admin Guide; it just didn't jump out at me).

You might also try adding :9080 (or your port number) on the domain option after your server name.

After the -ft or -fasttrack option, I used two single quotes '' as an empty string.

arvind_ds · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:46 am

Run the istool utility on the client side only as far as FastTrack is concerned.Use the below link for more information.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iisinfsv/v8r5/topic/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.ft.assetint.doc/topics/importcommand.html

qt_ky · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:07 am

Please try the variations I suggested above as well as leaving out the = sign according to the syntax given rather than the example from the doc. I'm curious what you will find out. When I got it to work it was by using '' only at the end, as in the 2nd example from the docs. I had also added the -v or -verbose option as well (FYI).

cdp · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:41 pm

Thanks for the recommendations. I've managed to re-import the assets into the existing project by running the following command on the Client machine:

Code:

import -u username -p password -dom server:port -ar filename.isx -fasttrack '-dsNamespace=server/project'

But even though I specified a new project name at the end, the import process still tried to overwrite the existing project’s assets (specifications) where the assets have been exported from.

Is there a way to import assets into a new (empty) project?

qt_ky · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:32 pm

Replace the -ft options of '-dsNamespace=server/project' with '-onNameConflict rename' then you will end up with a new FT project with "_New" appended on the end of the project name. Open it up in FT and go to the project properties. From there you can rename the project to any name you want. I don't know of any other way, but then again I've not used istool with -ft options except for a few times here and there as already outlined above.