Hi Julie,
           You were on the  right track in checking  the file
/usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin . the option is

VOLUMEHISTORY       /name your directory/volumehist.bak

you might need to restart the server

then you might try it out as backup volhistory

regards

Sri


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie Xu [SMTP:a9500672 AT SP1.MACARTHUR.UWS.EDU DOT AU]
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 1998 10:29 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      problem with backup db
>
> Dear everyone,
>
> I have tried backup db today and the active log is:
>
> 10/13/98 12:45:06    ANR4554I Backed up 58448 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:45:34    ANR4554I Backed up 88320 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:45:58    ANR4554I Backed up 118192 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:46:21    ANR4554I Backed up 148064 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:46:44    ANR4554I Backed up 177936 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:47:12    ANR4554I Backed up 207808 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:47:38    ANR4554I Backed up 237680 of 239083 database pages.
> 10/13/98 12:47:45    ANR1361I Output volume DBTUE closed.
> 10/13/98 12:47:45    ANR4502W No files have been defined for automatically
>                       storing sequential volume history information.
> 10/13/98 12:47:46    ANR4550I Full database backup (process 31) complete,
>                       239083 pages copied.
> 10/13/98 12:47:48    ANR8336I Verifying label of 3590 volume DBTUE in
> drive
>                       3590DRIVE (/dev/rmt0).
> 10/13/98 12:48:25    ANR8468I 3590 volume DBTUE dismounted from drive
> 3590DRIVE
>                       (/dev/rmt0) in library 3590LIB.
>
>
> In there, ANR4502W error said can not store volume history and I have
> checked ..../adsmserv/bin/dsmserv.opt, there are no VOLUMEHISTORY option.
>
> Where and how do I setup the option VOLUMEHISTORY on ADSM server version
> 2???
>
> Any comments will be appreciated
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Julie Xu
> email: j.xu AT uws.edu DOT au