Richard, Thank you for the suggestions. We corrected the Managedservices option, and reran the backup attempt by updating starttime to 'now'. Still no activity. Here is the client's dsm.sys file after the correction. Keith
cat dsmwebcl.log 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) Client Acceptor - Built Nov 28 2008 14:16:06 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) Version 5, Release 5, Level 1.10 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) ANS3000I TCP/IP communications available on port 60857. 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) Dsmcad is working in Webclient mode. 01/09/2009 09:36:49 (dsmcad) ANS3000I HTTP communications available on port 1581. SErvername tsmin01 Nodename ipasgw ERRORLOGName /opt/adsm/dsmerror.log errorlogretention 5 D domain ALL-LOCAL Inclexcl /etc/adsm.inclexcl SCHEDLOGName /opt/adsm/dsmsched.log schedlogretention 3 D COMMmethod TCPip Passwordaccess generate Passworddir /etc/security/adsm TCPPort 1500 TCPServeraddress tsmin01.uits.iupui.edu schedmod prompted managedservices schedule encryptiontype aes128 encryptkey save