Or, if the Essbase has multiple services (MS Exchange, for example, has
multiple services running)
you do it this way:

PRESCHEDULECMD  "C:\path\name.of.pre.bat"
POSTSCHEDULECMD "C:\path\name.of.post.bat"

And in the .bat file, you put in as many "net start service_name" or
"net stop service_name" statements as you need.
In most cases you will find that if there are multiple services, they
have to be stopped in a particular order.
Then you should restart them in reverse order.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mohammed Bhyat
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:22 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Essbase backup with TSM


Hi

If the application starts as a service in windows then add the following
commands to the dsm.opt
POSTSCHEDULECMD "net START service_name"
PRESCHEDULECMD  "net stop service_name"

Eg: 
POSTSCHEDULECMD "net START TSM SCHEDULER"
PRESCHEDULECMD  "net stop TSM SCHEDULER"


Thanks
Mohammed

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Di Genova, Mario
Sent: 01 November 2005 11:15 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Essbase backup with TSM

We have been asked to backup Essbase from one of our Windows 2000 client
machines. This apparently involves stopping the Essbase application
prior to backup and restarting it after. We plan to use the Pre and Post
schedulecmd client option to run the required scripts. Does anyone have
a process/script they could share which describes how you stop and start
the app around the TSM backup?  

Thanks,
Mario

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