Wes,
        I am not sure if this is what you are looking for but...  you can run the Administrator command line with the -console option.

On NT client:

On NT client:
from the command prompt type dsmadmc -console

FYI:
Our environment
Server AIX 3.1
NT Client 3.1.0.6

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From:   Wes Lewison[SMTP:WesLewison AT WINN-DIXIE DOT COM]
Reply To:       ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Sent:   Thursday, February 04, 1999 1:55 PM
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject:        ADSM Console??

        Question:  Before I was put in charge of ADSM for our company I saw
that the previous ADSM manager had a console on his desktop that displayed
something like a real-time activity log from the server.  I've been looking
for the program that does this, and doing a q actlog gets tiresome if you
just want to monitor what is going on.  I know you can run the server in the
app mode and see what is going on, but that isn't really an option.

Does anyone know of a little console app that just displays this?  Or am I
missing something in the q actlog to make it loop?

Fyi:    Windows NT Server v4.0 SP3
ADSM v3.1.2.13




-Wes Lewison
Technical Programmer/ADSM Development
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.