What level of AIX are you on ? 4.3.2 has a different startup then previous
levels...
/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &
the /etc/inittab entry should look like this:
adsm:once:/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null

Dave Bronson
Unix Admin.
Compass Group, USA
704-329-7944


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Jim Coen [mailto:coen AT WASHBURN DOT EDU]
                Sent:   Wednesday, March 22, 2000 10:06 AM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        AIX: Newby Question

                    We recently began using adsm with the server on an IBM
RS6000
                    box.  Now I have a fundamental question:

                    To restart the client portion of adsm, the manual says
to
                    include the following line in /etc/inittab:

                     adsm::once:/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null
2>&1

                    However, when we reboot, this doesn't seem to work. The
backups
                    will not commence unless I manually issue the 'dsmc
sched' command.

                    Any ideas?

                    Thanks.

                    Jim Coen
                    Washburn University
                    Topeka, Kansas