On May 15, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Huebschman, George J. wrote:

Is there a smarter way to find this information out?  The owners of
these clients for the most part would have no idea and would be no
help.

Provide them with the 'dsmc query backup' command sequences which
quickly yield that information (if not also the digesting commands)
and have them email you the results.  Or, if you have a compatible
client platform in your area, you can perform the client query
yourself via -virtualnodename and -password.

   Richard Sims