It would help if you could provide actual output of what does and doesn't work. You mentioned trying to back up another file from the command prompt, but you didn't say whether you tried backing up the gzip file from the command prompt. Does that work? It would be interesting to see output from:
dsmc selective /outils/bin/gzip dsmc selective <whatever_file_you_know_works> Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. Luc Beaudoin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/13/2004 11:43 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject dsm.sys problem or question !!!! I have a TSM server 5.2.0.2 on W2K I want to try a little test with my first AIX 4.3 server ..... before going live I want to use the scheduler to start it, And I want to take the /outils/bin/gzip file only It's not working with the scheduler ... no files are backed up .... I tried another file with the command prompt and it worked .. Any idea ..... this is my dsm.sys file ... thanks Luc Beaudoin TSM/SAN/Network Administrator Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D. Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:8254 SErvername jghbackup COMMmethod TCPip TCPPort 1500 TCPServeraddress 10.131.202.19 nodename calc_aux PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE schedlogname /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log errorlogname /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log schedlogretention 10,d errorlogretention 10,d preschedulecmd /outils/bin/arretwtr! postschedulecmd /outils/bin/demarrewtr! schedmode prompted exclude.fs / exclude.fs /usr exclude.fs /var exclude.fs /tmp exclude.fs /home exclude.fs /wp_tmp exclude.fs /trace exclude.fs /PATCHES exclude.fs /u/dict exclude.fs /u/softprint exclude /u/.../* exclude /ut/.../* exclude /u/db/.../* exclude /ut/db/.../* include /outils/bin/gzip