On May 18, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Akash Jain wrote:

I am posting the listing of files in my server directory on running
server
on SUN SOLARIS and my dsmserver is invoked automatically once the
system is
up for yur references.

Any idea what script you are talking about?

/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin
...
-rwx------   1 root     other        388 May  1  2002 dsmserv.rc
...

Your original question, as quoted below, involved a Linux server,
where a dsmserv.rc script was involved in starting the server, as
mentioned in my posting, and as discussed on pages 440-441 of the TSM
5.3 Linux Admin Guide manual under Chapter 17 Managing Server
Operations, topic "Starting the Server".

Every platform is different, and for the TSM server, more different
than for the TSM client; hence a separate set of manuals for TSM
server platforms. See the TSM Solaris Admin Guide, same chapter, same
topic. The Solaris start has a different orientation, and that manual
does not explicitly mention a start script, but Linux's starting
regimen derives from the Solaris approach, so see if the dsmserv.rc
in your Solaris server directory has anything. In any case, follow
the manual, which says "To start the server from the Sun Solaris
window prompt, change to the /opt/tivoli/tsm/server directory, and
enter the following command: ./dsmserv ". This is all a matter of
understanding your OS environment and then following the TSM doc.

  Richard Sims

Regards
Akash

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On
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Richard Sims
Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2005 5:24 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Starting of TSm server

Without details on how the non-standard start was attempted or the
errors encountered, I can only generally advise...  In AIX, at least,
the rc.adsmserv start-up script supplied in the server directory
performs a cd to the server directory before invoking the dsmserv
module, for the simple reason that many of the resources needed for
server execution reside there, most obviously the licenses file and
the national languages messages repository.  I believe that the Linux
TSM server start-up script is called dsmserv.rc, and would expect it
to also include a cd to its server directory.  Also available to the
customer are the DSMSERV_DIR and DSMSERV_CONFIG environment
variables, mostly used for an alternate server, as documented in the
Admin Guide manual.

    Richard Sims          http://people.bu.edu/rbs

On May 18, 2005, at 3:08 AM, Akash Jain wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have ideas about the reasons for non - starting of TSM
server
from default prompt, even after defining the same in path of the
server?

Facing this problem in Linux and TSM version is 5.3.3, but it can
be started
from installation directory.

Another problem is configuration of history in TSM server, as I
have to
retype the commands again and again in the same login session.


Regards
Akash