Use dsmfmt to create your log and DB volumes and then use dsmserv format to
format the recovery log space and create the dsmserv.dsk. Please note that
dsmserv.dsk will be created in the current directory.

eg

cd /tsm/server0 #where this $DSMSERV_CONFIG directory
dsmfmt -m -db /tsm/server0/db/dbvol1 1000 #where the last number is size of
volume in MB
dsmfmt -m -db /tsm/server0/db/dbvol2 1000
dsmfmt -m -db /tsm/server0/db/logvol1 500

dsmserv format 1 /tsm/server0/db/logvol1 2 /tsm/server0/db/dbvol1
/tsm/server0/db/dbvol2 #where 1 is the number of following log file
specifications and 2 is the number of following db file specs.

hope this helps a bit more...

Cheers

Andy Wilcox
Midrange Services
Aquila Networks Services Ltd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacque Mergens [SMTP:jmergens AT EMAGEON DOT COM]
> Sent: 15 May 2003 15:47
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: dsmserv.dsk
>
> This is a new base install that just doesn't seem to have built this file
> and no, I can't start the server to do anything because it can't find this
>
> file.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilcox, Andy [mailto:andy.wilcox AT AQUILA-NETWORKS.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 9:33 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: dsmserv.dsk
>
>
> The dsmserv.dsk is not "installed". It is created when you format the log
> files using dsmserv format.... I recently upgraded our tsm services (3 of
> them) from 4.2.2.3 to 5.1.6.2 on AIX and one of the files that remains
> un-touched is the dsmserv.dsk file. I take it you are unable to start your
> tsm service since the upgrade then, as if that file is missing, dsmserv
> wouldn't know where to find the DB and recovery log volumes?
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy Wilcox
> Midrange Services
> Aquila Networks Services Ltd
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jacque Mergens [SMTP:jmergens AT EMAGEON DOT COM]
> > Sent: 15 May 2003 15:28
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      dsmserv.dsk
> >
> > I just installed 5.1.5 and upgraded to 5.1.6 on an AIX system.
> >
> > p610
> > AIX 5.1 ML3
> >
> > For some reason the dsmserv.dsk file did not get installed.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this before, and what can I do to prevent
> > it from happening again?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jacque
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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