We've run into that... even a process check for "dsmserv" often times isn't
even enough, this is why I do (on an hourly basis) a little script like

#!/bin/ksh
ONCALLPERSON=$(head -1 $HOME/bin/oncallperson)
for ADSMSERV in $(cat $HOME/bin/tsm_server_list)
do
        dsmadmc -id=blah -pass=blah -serv=$ADSMSERV quit 1>/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
                then
                echo $(date) $ADSMSERV not responding | mail -s TSM_Down
$ONCALLPERSON
      fi
done
exit


Dwight



-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Boyer [mailto:bill.boyer AT verizon DOT net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:15 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Monitor TSM via SNMP


We've had a couple problems recently with TSM on AIX where the TSM server
crashed, but the AIX box stayed up and green on our Netview console. But TSM
was down, backups failed and we had an angry client. Is there a way we can
configure SNMP in TSM for strictly availability status? As long as TSM is
up, the icon is OK, but if TSM goes down/crashes, then the icon turns red
and our helpdesk can wake me up.

We thought about a small Perl script to logon to TSM, and if we couldn't
send a page.

How do others manage this?

Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.