Shane -

I am NOT an NT expert, but I run ADSM as an NT service successfully on my own
machine.   A couple things I would suggest:

Do you belong to the backup rights group in NT.
I know when I've had problems, there's a lot of places to check for messages
and they all give slightly different information.  Check the Event Viewer,
the DSMerror.log and the console log on the server side (although the console
log usually isn't very helpful).  Also you might try running the scheduler
from the DOS prompt and see what messages you get.
Create a test schedule so you can execute the scheduler over and over.

Pretty obvious stuff, I know, but the different messages are sometimes very
helpful.




ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 03/26/98 03:20:57 PM
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Subject: ADSM Schedular Service for NT

hi.. me again..

i still have no luck in getting adsm to backup automatically an nt client
which
is running the adsm schedular service. i have started the adsm schedular
service
automatically. it starts  fine - no errors. i set the schedular service to be
run under the local admin (system account) of the nt client. we  can run a
manual backup from the nt client to the adsm server, and alos can run remote
adsm admin from the client - which rules out comms problems.

my adsm server (nt also, running adsm v2.1.06) shows the nt-client backup as
pending. but after the expiration (set to 1 hour), the server says it missed
the
backup.

what is the problem here? my adsm setup is working like a charm for our notes
and os/2 clients, but i just cannot get the nt clients to run. due to our
techo-security-mad-dog-audit-freaks i am only permitted to run adsm on our nt
machines as a service. the service runs, but nothing happens.

please.. please...  what am i doing wrong. have i setup the adsm client
options
incorrectly? is it an nt thing with permissions on who can run the service?
does
adsm v2.1.06 client not work properly when setting up the adsm schedular
service?

any ideas from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

shane the desparate :)