Hi:
I've checked the dsmsched.log and there are no entries as you describe. 
We run the schedular as a NT process. I'm wondering if it needs to be stopped 
and restarted to pick up changes in the backup clients dsm.opt file.

>>> Michael Bartl <michael.bartl AT ZENTRALE.ADAC DOT DE> 11/02/99 09:45AM >>>
Larry,
when you schedule pre- and postcommands you can see the return code in
DSMSCHED.LOG:

******************************************
Executing Operating System command or script:
   c:\utils\cstop.bat
11/02/1999 02:46:47 Finished command.  Return code is:
   0
11/02/1999 02:46:47 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN SZENT021 11/02/1999
02:45:00
(...)
11/02/1999 02:56:22 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END SZENT021 11/02/1999 02:45:00
11/02/1999 02:56:22 
Executing Operating System command or script:
   c:\utils\cstart.bat
11/02/1999 02:56:27 Finished command.  Return code is:
   0
******************************************

Regards,
 Michael
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