A status of uncertain usually means that the schedule event record has
been deleted by automatic pruning functions.  You could change the
amount of time that schedule event records are retained using the SET
EVENTRETENTION command to keep these records around longer so that you
can query their status.

Mike Kaczmarski




Betsy Moir writes:
 > To: OAS     --LMS1
 >
 > FROM: Betsy Moir (TTCEDM) Ext 85020
 >       VM Tech Services
 >       email:  elizabeth.moir AT vm.ssw.abbott DOT com
 > Subject: Q Event Status
 >
 > We have an NT client who's been backing up to a VM server just fine until
 > recently she started getting TCPIP connection failure errors.  When I do a
 > Q EVENT to check the status of her previous scheduled backups the status
 > reads "uncertain".  Does anyone know what this status indicates?  I can't
 > seem to find it anywhere in the manuals, and her dsmsched.log file shows
 > everything to have worked fine.  I'm wondering if this might have something
 > to do with her eventual failure.
 >
 > Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 >
 > Betsy