No, actually I believe you are 100% correct... ya know how the server is
started with
nohup /usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin/rc.adsmserv &
then
root@ttcdsm04>ps -ef | grep dsmserv
    root 35548     1   0   Feb 22      -  0:00 ksh ./rc.adsmserv
    root 37408 35548   0   Feb 22      - 18166:33 dsmserv quiet
    root 39144 43922   1 08:55:47  pts/0  0:00 grep dsmserv
root@ttcdsm04>

now if one were to halt adsm with lots of activity (processes...) then the
"dsmserv quiet" would go away but the "rc.adsmserv" will remain there until
all processes have been halted and (I believe) all tapes have been
dismounted.

You can play around with this but you will see what I've mentioned above...
(at least with ADSM, still working on upgrades to TSM)

Dwight

> ----------
> From:         Lindsay Morris[SMTP:lmorris AT OPENMIC DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Monday, April 17, 2000 8:42 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Stoping the server through a script
>
> perhaps I'm naive, but...
>
> I have frequently done a "halt" on the ADSM (TSM) server when it's
> busy.  it
> always comes back up, no problem, and picks up where it left off.
>
> So what is the concern? i mean why do you need to carefully cancel
> every process and every sesssion and unmount every tape
> before you shut it down?
>
> Scott Fluegge wrote:
> >
> > Question...
> >
> > I am trying to write a script that can be put in rc.shutdown that will
> > gracefully bring down the adsm server.  That means I need to insure that
> there
> > are no tapes mounted.  I can write a script that will chack for mounts
> and even
> > un-mount tapes.  The problem I am having is checking for processes
> running and
> > then stoping them.  If I just unmount the tapes, and if something like
> > reclemation is running, another tape will just be mounted.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a way to get the process numbers into a script?
> There is no
> > unique entry on the process line (when "q pr" is used) that I can grep
> for as I
> > can with requests or mounts!
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott
>
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> Mr. Lindsay Morris
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> Gresham Enterprise Storage
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>