We start out scheduler like this:

/etc/inittab contains........

dsmsched:2:once:/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/rc.dsmsched >/dev/null 2>&1

/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/rc.dsmsched contains..............

#!/bin/ksh
#
# Start up ADSM Client Scheduler....
#####################################
# To run multiple clients, define a
# new dsm.opt for DSM_CONFIG and
# run the dsmc sched command.
# dsm.opt should have a virtualn
# definition as well.
#####################################

if [ -x /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmc ]; then
    print "$(date '+%D %T') [ADSM] Starting Scheduler"
    DSM_CONFIG=/usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsm.opt
    export DSM_CONFIG

    cd /usr/lpp/adsm/bin
    dsmc sched -pass=client &
fi

Jeff McLandsborough
St. Francis Hospital
Tulsa, OK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Coen [SMTP:coen AT WASHBURN DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 9:06 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