Running ADSM as a service on NT works great here.  Both on Intel boxes
and Alpha using FX/32.

>-----Original Message-----
From:           Chris Halstead
Sent:           Sunday, November 17, 1996 7:07 AM
To:             Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
Subject:        Windows NT scheduler client running as a Service
Hello all,
I'm relatively new to ADSM and was wondering if anyone out there could
tell me if they have run the NT client as an NT Service.  We are
currently running ADSM on MVS to back up Netware servers, and we would
like to include our NT servers. The problem is starting the client
automatically.  We have installed the client on an NT box, and it works
great, except for the fact that you have to manually start it.  The ADSM
installation guide suggests starting the client at a preset time every
day using NT's built-in AT scheduler, but if you don't stop the client
you end up with multiple instances running at once.  The ADSM manual
states that the client cannot run as a service, but I'm not sure if they
mean that it will not work if set up as a service, or if they mean that
it isn't capable of it right out of the box.  There are utilities to set
up an executable as a service under NT, but before I tried it I thought
I'd see if any one else has done it with the ADSM client.

Thanks in advance...

Chris Halstead, MCSE
Network Engineer
John H. Harland Co.