I have tested ASR on XP Pro, had none of the problems you describe.
I see the ASR entry on the tree list, have a subdir for ASR in adsm.sys.
The files went to a separate filespace on the server named ASR.

My XP Pro is SP1, though.

Just an idea, don't know if it matters:

1) Are you logged in with a Windows id that has admin rights?
2) Does your TSM server show client platform=5.01 for this node?




-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Christopher Zahorak
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 11:34 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TSM Client 5.2.3 for XP Pro


Hello All,

I'm starting to test the TSM  ASR functionality of XP. When I use the
Backup/Archive GUI (Ver5.2.3) client on an XP Pro workstation, I do not see
the ASR (Automated System Recovery) entry on the tree list . I also cannot
find any of the ASR related files
(asr.sif,asrpnp.sif,tsmasr.cmd,waitforevent.exe,tsmasr.op) which should be
in the c:\adsm.sys\ASR directory.

 The XP Pro workstation has the SP2 update.

I can manually create an ASR diskette using the MS Backup utility, so I
don't believe the problem is within MS.

Any ideas?

Chris.