Hello Josh, in a Windows environment you need to start dsmserv in foreground using the parameter "-k" Try to run from commandline (so called DOS box):
dsmerv.exe -k server1 (server1 is usually the first TSM instance name) You need to cd to the instance directory where dsmserv.opt resides, first. I've also found problems starting dsmser in the foreground if "C:\program files\tivoli\tsm\server" is part of the program path (there might be another dsmserv.opt in this path which is located/read before your instance option file). best regards Ullrich Mänz Data Center Services FRITZ & MACZIOL Software und Computervertrieb GmbH Ludwig Str. 180D, 63067 Offenbach, Germany Mobil +49 170 7678 434 Fax: +49 69 3801 3500 10 Web: http://www.fum.de Amtsgericht Ulm, Handelsregister-Nummer: HRB 1936 Geschäftsführer: Heribert Fritz, Frank Haines Inhaber: Imtech N.V., Gouda, Niederlande
