We are using /etc/inittab (like Robert) with levels 234 and respawn:

adsm:234:respawn:/usr/bin/dsmc sched -pass=<passwd> >/dev/null 2>&1

Some tens of nodes

Regards
Roger

Robert Cross schrieb:

> lipp AT storsol DOT com wrote:
> >We've successfully built an rc3 script to start the scheduler on a reboot.
> >What we haven't been able to do is get the scheduler started without
> rebooting.
> >Any ideas?  Our rc3.d command is:
>
> >/opt/IBMadsm-c/dsmc sched > /dev/null | &
>
> I tried putting a similar script into rc2.d and it didn't work to well, (never
> figured out why). So
> I eventually did as IBM suggest and patched the following line into 
> /etc/inittab
>  adsm::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched >> /tmp/adsm.log 2>&1
>
> This seems to work fine for us - not much help I know! I would have thought
> that it would have
> been better to have it respawn-able and only active at level 2 and above.
>
> Regards
>
> Robert Cross, Scottish & Newcastle plc.

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