AFAIK

dsmstat is a process that uns alongside dsmc and holds dsmc's hand when it
scan NFS mount point to make sure it doesnt 'hang' if the NFS mountpoit is
broken. If the mountpoint is not responding my understanding was dsmstat
manipulates the situation so dsmc can carry on.

I found this out from various sources when we had a problem with dsmstat
appearing hung every morning on some clients.

Apparently, tsm will stat _ALL_ available mountpoints regardless of DOMAIN
options etc.. when the backup first starts up, filtering of what to backup
then takes place (through the DOMAIN options etc..)


Matt.