I used the following procedure:

first create the DB and LOg files:
        /usr/bin/dsmfmt -m -db /adsm/dbva/dbvol1 2000 &
        /usr/bin/dsmfmt -m -db /adsm/dbva/dbvol2 2000 &
        /usr/bin/dsmfmt -m -log /adsm/dbva/logvol1 500
And after that initialize them with the dsmserv command:
        /usr/bin/dsmserv format 1 /adsm/dbva/logvol1 2 /adsm/dbva/dbvol1
/adsm/dbva/dbvol2


Regards Jeroen


-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Lowers [mailto:Marc.R.Lowers AT GSK DOT COM]
Sent: donderdag 24 juli 2003 11:40
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: dsmserv format error


I am performing a DR without the original database or recovery log
volumes.

When I issue the DSMSERV FORMAT utility to initialize the database and
recovery log, I always get the error 'missing arguments' or 'missing
volume'.  I've tried re-creating the same volumes from the original server
but this doesn't help.


The command I am issuing is something like this...

# ./dsmserv format 2 /dbdsk/db01.dsm /dbdsk/db02.dsm 200 1
/logdsk10/log01.dsm 40


Marc.