-----Steve Stackwick wrote: -----

>I have a W2K3 SP2 32bit server whose brand new TSM 5.5.1 client
>install is behaving peculiarly. The GUI hangs at Initializing
>(though it does start after a *LONG* time), the command line hangs
>at an open window, likewise.
>The usual suspects: this is not a cluster, and the admin sez he
>tried to apply the VSS fix and was told it was superseded by what
>was already on the machine. Any clues?

Is there any chance that the DNS servers are specificed incorrectly
and you are waiting for a succession of queries to time out? The
quick test for this is to specify the server address in dotted
decimal form. This eliminates any dependence on DNS, and hence
will eliminate the delay if it is due to DNS problems.