What platform?

I run on AIX and stole a concept from the IBM SP systems.

I redirect the system console to a flatfile with "/usr/sbin/swcons
/var/adm/log/console.log" at system startup. I removed the 'quiet' directive
from the rc.adsmserv script and redirect stdout and stderr to /dev/console.

Any time I want to look at the TSM console, I just tail -f
/var/adm/log/console.log. (Actually, I use 'less' instead of tail, as it's
more flexible).

I've a log rotate script in cron that runs on Sunday nights and is set to
keep three logs (21 days max).

I use dsmadmc to actually issue commands to TSM.

This has been in place now for 6 years with no problems.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Zhang [mailto:fred.zhang AT NETIQ DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:10 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: TSM Server Console
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I installed TSM server at one machine and a backup-archive
> client at another
> mahine. And they are working fine. But one problem I have is:
> I closed the
> server console window after I started the server. And now I
> cannot re-open
> it (I know I can open the console at the client machine by
> using "dsmadmc
> -console"), but currently we do not install the
> backup-archive client at the
> server machine. Is there any other way to re-open the server
> console at the
> server machine? or dsmadmc is the only way to open the server
> console at the
> server machine? If so, does this mean I have to install a
> client at the
> server machine?
>
> thanks
>
> Fred Zhang
>