We sort of do what you're asking with shell scripts that go off of an ADSM
events exception report that sends email to the address associated with a
node (stored as part of the contact info for the node) if the scheduled
backup failed for the node.

On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Rusty Wright wrote:

> Is there any way to have the server, or client, send email each time
> after a backup is done?  It seems to me that having the server do it
> is probably easier since the client machine may not have email
> software installed.  Plus, adding that capability to the client
> software would just make it even bigger.
>
> The justification being that most people doing stuff on the network
> are using email, and we're probably all in the habit of checking our
> email at least once a day.  It's a lot easier to just get a message
> saying that the backups were done than it is to go and eyeball the log
> file.
>
> Of course, this would be configurable as to whether it sends email or
> not, and the address it sends it to, the amount of detail about the
> backup included in the message, etc.
>
> With something as important as backups, you don't want to assume that
> it's just happening, even if it has been cruising along nicely for a
> while.  Accidents can happen and, for example, your client being
> backed up could get accidently dropped off the server's backup list or
> somesuch.
>
> QUIT