-Alan-
This might be why you are getting these errors in the dsmerror.log: Within
This might be why you are getting these errors in the dsmerror.log: Within
one dsmc session, 3 consequentive query backups are issued with quotes
surrounding the filespeciation with a wildcard and the 2nd  query command
uses the options -todate and -fromdate.

For example:

# dsmc -se=ewathens
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 3, Release 1, Lev
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1998, All Rights Reserved.
dsmc> q backup "/home/ericka/d*"
Node Name:  <EDITED> established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
  Server Version 3, Release 1, Level 1.3
  Server date/time: 06/24/1998 10:00:20  Last access: 06/24/1998
 Size  Backup Date         Mgm     A/I File
    25  06/23/1998 17:11:56 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsm.opt
   973  06/23/1998 17:11:56 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsm.opt.smp
43,600  06/24/1998 09:48:33 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsmerror.30
   461  06/24/1998 09:48:33 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsmerror.lo
dsmc> q backup "/home/ericka/d*" -fromdate=06/23/1998
-todate=06/24/1998
 Size  Backup Date         Mgm     A/I File
 Size  Backup Date         Mgm     A/I File

    25  06/23/1998 17:11:56 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsm.opt
   973  06/23/1998 17:11:56 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsm.opt.smp
43,600  06/24/1998 09:48:33 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsmerror.30
   461  06/24/1998 09:48:33 DEFAULT  A  /home/ericka/dsmerror.lo
dsmc> q backup "/home/ericka/d*"
ANS1102E Excessive number of command line arguments passed to
         the program!
ANS1133W An expression might contain a wildcard not enclosed
         in quotes
dsmc> quit

Local Fix:
1.  Do not use the quotes around the file specification.
2.  Place a space behind the closing quote for the 3rd query.

Thanks,
Demetrius Malbrough
TSM Consultant