Why not just look at the QUERY EVENT command.

Bill

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Yudi Darmadi
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:35 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Querying status of a finished process

Try this:

q actlog orig=client search=<node_name>
or using select statement:
SELECT
START_TIME,END_TIME,ACTIVITY,ENTITY,EXAMINED,AFFECTED,FAILED,BYTES,SUCCESSFU
LL
FROM SUMMARY WHERE ENTITY='node_name'

Rgrds,

Yudi

> Hello,
>
> I'm a beginner with TSM and this question might be very basic. However, I
> wasn't able to find the answer in the documentation, so here's my
> question:
>
> I'm using TSM 5.5 and want to run all commands through the dsmadmc command
> line. I'm backing up and restoring NAS nodes.
>
> I found ways to start backups and query running processes (query process
> <ID>), but I don't know how to query the status of finished processes. I
> just want a simple way to figure out if a backup / restore was successful.
> If I use the "query process <ID>" after the job finished, it just tells me
> "Process cannot be found".
>
> There must be a simple way to do that, right? I know that I can query the
> actlog, but is there a better / easier way to do this, given a process id?
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
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