I had a problem a few days ago that seems almost exactly the same.

I could ping the ADSM AIX server from the novell client, and the server
could ping the Novell box BUT dsmc sched failed with TCP/IP connection
failure...


I eventually tracked it down to the SYS:\etc\hosts file.

It seems that ping uses DNS for the name lookup not the etc/hosts but
DSMC SCHED looks in the \etc\hosts file if it finds a named address in
dsm.opt rather than a dotted ecimal address.

So, I just put the correct IP and name of the ADSM box in the clients
/etc/hosts file and all worked fine.

Matthew Warren,
ADSM(FAB) & Unix support.
        HOIST : Head Office Infrastructure Support Team.
        Marks & Spencer PLC
        Michael House
        Baker Street
        London.


        Tel: 01712681522
        Mail: matthew.warren AT marks-and-spencer DOT com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Bruns [SMTP:Bruns.Jeff AT PRINCIPAL DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 2:41 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      DNS name connection w/Netware
>
> I'm trying to connect to our ADSM server by placing the DNS name for
> it in the
> dsm.opt file on our Netware 4.11 servers.  The connection cannot be
> established, however if I place the actual IP address then everything
> is
> good-to-go.  If I load Ping.Nlm I can ping the ADSM server using the
> DNS name
> but I still get nowhere through ADSM.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Jeff Bruns
>
> bruns.jeff AT principal DOT com