The double-quotes are not required unless the command contains blank
spaces, i.e.:

   postschedulecmd noquotes.cmd

versus

   postschedulecmd "quotes needed.cmd"

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-03-23
10:45:13:

> Use double quote around the command in dsm.opt, start / stop your TSM
> services on your client, and send your dsmsched.log from the client.
> Normally, you should have a message after the backup with the command
> line invoked and the return code of your command.
>
> Joni Moyer wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >A user is trying to setup a postschedule command for their system state
> >backup and I am a little confused as to why it is not working:
> >
> >It is a Windows 2003 client at TSM 5.2.2.10 and the postschedulecmd
within
> >the dsm.opt file as follows: postschedulecmd c:\ssbackup.bat
> >
> >The backup command that I have set up for this particular server is as
> >follows:
> >
> > Policy Domain Name             WINDOWS
> >
> > Schedule Name                  WINDOWS-DAILY-INCR
> >
> > Description                    Daily Incremental Windows Backups
> >
> > Action                         INCREMENTAL
> >
> > Options
> >
> > Objects                        -
> >
> > Priority                       5
> >
> > Start date                     2005-03-10
> >
> > Start time                     23:00:00
> >
> > Duration                       1
> >
> > Duration units                 HOURS
> >
> > Period                         1
> >
> > Period units                   DAYS
> >
> > Day of Week                    ANY
> >
> >
> >
> >I noticed within the TSM Backup/Archive client for Windows servers it
> >references that when using a command string if the admin uses a blank
or
> >null string on the postschedulecmd option, they cannot run a
post-schedule
> >command.
> >
> >My questions is:  what do I have to do to the above schedule in order
for
> >their postschedulecommand to work?  Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> >********************************
> >Joni Moyer
> >Highmark
> >Storage Systems
> >Work:(717)302-6603
> >Fax:(717)302-5974
> >joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
> >********************************
> >
> >
> >
> >