You can use an immediate client action to run OS commands within a TSM script. You just have to setup the TSM client and scheduler, with schedmode prompted, on your AIX system if you haven't done so already.
Here's a couple examples: Sleep script (this script takes the number of seconds as a parameter): define clientaction NODENAME action=command - objects='sleep "$1"' wait=yes i.e. RUN SLEEP 30 Mail script (this script takes the subject of the mail as a parameter) define clientaction NODENAME action=command - objects='mail -s "$1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] </dev/null >/dev/null' wait=no i.e. RUN MAIL "This script has started" =================================================== John Monahan Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions Computech Resources, Inc. Office: 952-833-0930 ext 109 Cell: 952-484-5435 http://www.compures.com =================================================== "Kliewer, Vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/28/2002 04:03 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Run OS command from inside TSM script? We run a TSM server on an AIX system. Is there a way to issue an operating system command ie. ls, tar ... from inside a TSM script? Yes, I know I can run a TSM script from the AIX command line, using dsmadmc ... but I have a need to run an one or more AIX commands from inside a TSM script, if there is a way.