Hi all,
1. Affected systems:
====================
   3 out of 15 HP-clients V2.1.06 running on HP-UX 9.05 with
     SCHEDMOD=Prompted
   started by: nohup /usr/adsm/dsmc sched -quiet &   
   The server-system is an AIX-server V2.1.0.12

2. Tail of DSMSCHED.LOG
=======================
# tail -30 rzhp735b/dsmsched.log
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Action:                Incremental
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Objects:               /
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Options:                
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Server Window Start:   17:15:00  on 19.05.1997
19.05.1997 12:58:00
------------------------------------------------------------
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Waiting to be contacted by the server.
19.05.1997 12:58:00 Waiting to be contacted by the server.
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Querying server for next scheduled event.
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Next operation scheduled:
19.05.1997 17:15:01
------------------------------------------------------------
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Action:                Incremental
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Objects:               /
19.05.1997 17:15:01 Options:                
19.05.1997 17:15:02 Server Window Start:   17:15:00  on 19.05.1997
19.05.1997 17:15:02
------------------------------------------------------------
19.05.1997 17:15:02 
19.05.1997 17:15:02 
Executing scheduled command now.
19.05.1997 17:15:02 Scheduler has been stopped.

3. The output of "nohup.out"
============================
# cat nohup.out
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 2, Release 1, Level 0.6
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1996, All Rights Reserved.

Querying server for next scheduled event.
Next operation scheduled:
------------------------------------------------------------
Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
Action:                Incremental
Objects:               /
Options:                
Server Window Start:   17:15:00  on 19.05.1997
------------------------------------------------------------
Waiting to be contacted by the server.
Waiting to be contacted by the server.
TCP/IP accepted connection from server.
Querying server for next scheduled event.
Next operation scheduled:
------------------------------------------------------------
Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
Schedule Name:         RZHP735B
Action:                Incremental
Objects:               /
Options:                
Server Window Start:   17:15:00  on 19.05.1997
------------------------------------------------------------
Executing scheduled command now.
Executing scheduled command now.
Scheduler has been stopped.


4. Comments:
===========
   1. In the above log I did a restart of the dsmc-client at 12:58 due to
        "Scheduler has been stopped"
      on the day before
   2. At 17:15 the same day again the: 
        "Scheduler has been stopped"
   3. A "core"-file has been produced as:
-r--------   1 root     sys       418652  Mai 19 17:15 core
   4. running "xdb" with this core, delivers no useable info ( dsmc is
   4. running "xdb" with this core, delivers no useable info ( dsmc is
      "stripped" ? )
   5. No further evidence in any of the system-log-files.
   6. If I run this scheduled backup manually, all works well.

5. Questions:
=============
   1. Is this failure known to ADSM'ers / IBM ?
   2. Is there a workaround ?
   3. Any further idea ?
-- 
MfG / Ciao         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
MfG / Ciao         - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Peter Dümpert                                   Email: p.duempert AT tu-bs DOT 
de
Rechenzentrum der Technischen Universität       Fax  : ++49/531/391-5549
D 38092 Braunschweig                            Tel  : ++49/531/391-5535