If you have version 3 the data written to the DSMSCHED.LOG is written to the
Activity log.
We have 26,000 clients and we do not check them per se. we give users the
ability to check their own and on reboot
the DSMC.EXE runs and does a Q filespace so they see when they last backed
up.

We want something better from IBM and we have been told, truthfully or not,
that they are working on a feature that will
notify the user that they successfully backed up and when or upon
completion. simple programming stuff actually. We may write something in
house if nothing comes from IBM in the next year.

Anyway... I'm sure others have their own solutions so you should have plenty
of ad-hoc options.

CR

__________________________________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / ADSM
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837
mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Reinhold Wagner [SMTP:rwagner AT ZEUNASTAERKER DOT DE]
        Sent:   Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:38 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        How to do daily ADSM checks

        Hi,

        our ADSM server will backup about 20 clients in the near future. I
think
        it's a lot of work to inspect dsmsched.log on all clients every day.

        Is there a better method available? How is this be done in large
        installations?

        TIA

        Reinhold Wagner, Zeuna Staerker GmbH & Co. KG