Hi,
no, there is no TRACE stmt in the dsm.opt ...

Pascal.

here is the dsm.opt file :

COMPression ON
include c:\*.*
include D:\*.*
include E:\*.*
Exclude "*:\...\EA DATA. SF"
Exclude *:\...\pagefile.sys
Exclude *:\IBMBIO.COM
Exclude *:\IBMDOS.COM 
Exclude *:\MSDOS.SYS
Exclude *:\IO.SYS
Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*.*
Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\...\*
Exclude *:\TEMP\*
Exclude *:\TMP\*
Exclude *:\*.SWP
Exclude *:\...\*.SWP
***********************************************************************
NodeName  xxxxxxxxx
REPlace Y
SUbdir Yes
TCPPORT 1500
TCPServeraddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
TCPBUFFSIZE   32
TCPWINDOWSIZE 2048

passwordaccess generate
schedmode prompted
schedlogretention 60
schedlogname d:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\dsmsched.log
Slowincremental No
TCPNodelay Yes
TXNByteLimit 25600
DIRMC MGMICRO