You can run the webshell client as an NT service using the SRVANY.EXE utility
that comes with the Windows NT Resource Kit. On my NT 4.0 system, the resource
kit was installed in directory D:\NTRESKIT. In that directory are the
SRVANY.EXE file and the SRVANY.WRI file. The latter is in Windows Write format
(can be read with WordPad), and provides general information on using
SRVANY.EXE to run a Windows NT applicaiton as a service.

Using the SRVANY.WRI file for reference, here is my procedure:

1) Install SRVANY.EXE as a service with this command (from an MS-DOS prompt):

     INSTSRV WebShell D:\NTRESKIT\SRVANY.EXE

This will create a new NT service called "WebShell".

2) Run REGEDT32 to edit the NT registry. ***** CAUTION ***** Always use this
utility with extreme care. Incorrect changes to the registry can cause problems
for your system, even possibly rendering it unbootable.

3) Add a key under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebShell called
"Parameters". To that key, add the three values shown in the table below:

VALUE NAME        DATA TYPE     STRING
-------------     ---------     -------------------------------------------
----
Application        REG_SZ       
c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\webshell.Application        REG_SZ       
c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\webshell.exe
AppParameters      REG_SZ       3019 c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient\wsstuff
AppDirectory       REG_SZ       c:\win32app\ibm\adsm\baclient

"Application" represents the path to the webshell executable. Your path may be
different, depending on where you installed ADSM.

"AppParameters" represents the port number used to connect to the webshell, and
the directory of the webshell and ADSM IDs and passwords (these are the ones
you created with the MKWSPSWD.EXE and ADSMPSWD.EXE utilities). I picked port
number 3019, and I stored my password files in the ...\wsstuff directory. Your
port number and password file directory may be different.

"AppDirectory" is the directory where the DSMC.EXE executable resides. Your
directory may be different.

4) Close the registry editor.

5) Go into the "Services" applet (from "Control Panel"), and start the WebShell
service.

At this point, you should be able to start your browser and point it to the
webshell. In my sample scenario above, the URL is
http://storman.sanjose.ibm.com:3019/webshell

Hope this helps,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Storage Systems Division
ADSM Client Development
e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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Has anyone figured out how, at boot time, to start the client Webshell
on an NT system?  I am using the ADSM 3.1.0 client.   Thanks.