Start it with

dsmserv >> /whatever/some.file

and then tail -f /whatever/some.file

I have found this necessary in order to find startup problems. The TSM
Activity Log is often not started soon enough to catch all error
messages, especially those relevant to the server not starting at all.
But they will appear on the TSM "console" which you can capture with
Unix redirection.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT edu


On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Remco Post wrote:

>If all else fails, run dsmserv in the foreground without the quiet option...
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>Gr., Remco
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>On 20 okt. 2010, at 14:38, "Moyer, Joni M" <joni.moyer AT HIGHMARK DOT COM> 
>wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Does anyone know where the output of the activity log goes prior to 
>> initialization?  I'm trying to get TSM to come up and it's still not 
>> completed initialization, so I'd like to see what's in the activity log to 
>> see how far it's progressing.  This is for a TSM AIX 5.5.4.1 server.  Any 
>> help is appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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