Richard,

> I then start the tsm servers with the link name.  Now, when I
> run a "ps -ef" looking for the dsmserv processes, I get the following:

>    rsfebkup5p.fenetwork.com:/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin==>ps -ef | grep dsm
>       root  581710       1   0 10:37:53  pts/1  0:00 dsmserv_tsmlm2 quiet
>       root  946238       1   0 10:38:44  pts/1  0:00 dsmserv_tsm2t quiet

> Question:  Is this good/bad . . . has anyone done something similar?

I think good - we've been doing this for years.  Also makes it possible
to pop a special server version of tsm in just for a specific instance
should the nedd aris (as it might if you have the odd problem ;) )

Kind regards, Sheelagh

Sheelagh Treweek
Oxford University Computing Services
Email: sheelagh.treweek AT oucs.ox.ac DOT uk
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