I had the same problem when starting the server on AIX in the inittab.
Then when I start it from the command line, it was fine. I had an open
item with IBM on this but I never heard any feedback on it.....

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>From:  Ulrike Scharf[SMTP:Ulrike_Scharf AT KASTEN DOT DE]
>Sent:  Wednesday, December 10, 1997 1:24 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       ANR7837S Internal error LOGSEG871 detected.
>
>I have a very big problem, my ADSM-Server hangs on start!
>Can anyone please explain me the following error messages:
>
>
> Starting Server
>ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 09:27:38 on Oct 31 1997.
>
>ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager for AIX-RS/6000
>Version 2, Release 1, Level 5.15/5.15
>
>Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
>
>5765-564 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 1995. All rights reserved.
>U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure
>restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation.
>
>ANR7838S Server operation terminated.
>ANR7837S Internal error LOGSEG871 detected.
>  0x10034ABC *UNKNOWN*
>  0x10032F40 *UNKNOWN*
>  0x100338A8 *UNKNOWN*
>  0x100046FC *UNKNOWN*
>  0xD06FCE08 _pthread_body
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 1 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 2 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 3 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 4 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 5 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 6 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 7 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 8 terminated in response to program abort.
>ANR7833S ADSM thread 9 terminated in response to program abort.
>/usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin/rc.adsmserv[19]: 18884 IOT/Abort trap(coredump)
>