Hi there

create a save.cmd file with
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net stop dhcp
net stop dhcp
net stop wins
D:\SYSAPPL\ADSM\BACLIENT\dsmc i -pass=xxx
net start wins
net start dhcp
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and a schedule for all your nt boxes
and a schedule for all your nt boxes

adsm> q sched nt NT_PDC_DAILY f=d

            Policy Domain Name: NT
                 Schedule Name: NT_PDC_DAILY
                   Description:
                        Action: Command
                       Options:
                       Objects: d:\sysappl\adsm\nsm\save.cmd
>d:\sysappl\adsm\log\save.log
                      Priority: 1
               Start Date/Time: 1999-11-24 03:00:00
                      Duration: 15 Minute(s)
                        Period: 1 Day(s)
                   Day of Week: Any
                    Expiration:
Last Update by (administrator): ECH4
         Last Update Date/Time: 1999-12-10 16:52:25
              Managing profile:


Herve






rehorst AT POHA DOT COM on 08/02/2000 17:24:00
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:      (bcc: Herve Chibois/FR/ABNAMRO/NL)
Subject:        Batch Processing

Want to run "net stop service," run ADSM backup, then "net start service"
afterwards.

How can you do this?

TIA

Orin Rehorst
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(Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage)
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