Thanks to all for the replies.  I knew there had to be an easier way!  This
will get me started on the right track and I'm also checking into central
logging/enterprise administration.  Thanks again!

John Monahan
Network Administrator
Liberty Diversified Industries
(612) 536-6677





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Naaaaaa if you are going to do things from the PC just copy over the little
icon for the dsmadmc but set the properties like:
"C:\Program Files\IBM\ADSM\baclient\DSMADMC.EXE"
-tcpserver=adsmserv1.mybusiness.com
I always change the name to the name of the adsm server I'm going to
I always change the name to the name of the adsm server I'm going to
connect
to and I just have 12 little icons on my desktop
and actually I do the dsmadm from my pc, if I'm doing command line
interfaces I do those from my unix box.

hope this helps...
later,
      Dwight
> ----------
> From:         John Monahan[SMTP:JohnMonahan AT LIBERTYDIVERSIFIED DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:34 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Multiple *SM Servers, consolidating logs?
>
> I am a newbie so bear with me :-)
>
> I have 8 ADSM 3.1 Servers spread across the country, 5 AS/400 and 3 NT.
>
> I have finally gotten all my backups, etc. scheduled and running pretty
> reliably at all locations.  I want to setup something to consolidate the
> log files from all 8 of my ADSM servers so I can quickly check/verify the
> status of operations from the night before.
>
> I have thought about implementing scripts and using the command line
admin
> client to query the event logs, but I'm not sure how I would accomplish
> that with 8 different servers.  Is there a way to specify which server I
> want in the dsmadmc command line?  I couldn't find it.  The other option
I
> am thinking is to have 8 different options files on my admin client PC
> with
> a different one for each server?  Will that work?
>
> Right now, I am changing my options file on the fly to check the
different
> servers, it's a royal PIA, and taking much longer than it needs too.  I
> know there is a better way, I just need some help.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> John Monahan
> Network Administrator
> Liberty Diversified Industries
> (612) 536-6677
>