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dsmserv format command fails on Windows system

Troubleshooting


Problem

The IBM Spectrum Protect server 7.1.6 installation completes sucessfully, but when you try to run the 'DSMSERV FORMAT' utility to initialize a server instance it fails with following error messages.

Symptom

"The Procedure entry point AddDllDirectory could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll"

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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