Re: [ADSM-L] How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for VE 7.1?

I know that you can see this in vCenter.

You should also be able to query the running job in the TDP for VE gui; I
believe in the schedule tab... Sorry, I don't have access right now.

Mike

On Friday, April 24, 2015, Schaub, Steve <Steve_Schaub AT bcbst DOT com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who responded, but from what I'm seeing, none of these
> queries show me which VM's are currently backing up?  Completed/fail, yes.
> When I have 20-30 concurrent nodes running, and someone wants to know
> exactly which ones are running, I'm at a loss.  Obviously VE must know, why
> isn't the info exposed somewhere obvious?
> Very frustrating.
> -steve
>
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> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for
> VE 7.1?
>
> This is close.  I check time stamps to identify failures.  The time stamp
> could also indicate a backup in progress.
>
> select substr(filespace_name,9,18) as VM, filespace_id as FSID,
> cast(backup_end as char(19) ) as "Backup Completed" from filespaces where
> node_name='VC1_CH2_DM' order by 3
>
> Jim Schneider
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Schaub, Steve
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 3:22 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <javascript:;>
> Subject: [ADSM-L] How to tell what VM's are running backup in TSM for VE
> 7.1?
>
> Running into some issues troubleshooting VE backups and hopefully I just
> don't know where to look.
> I came in this morning and was surprised to find that one of my datamovers
> was still running a schedule.
> There were 2 sessions in TSM, but of course they were using the datacenter
> name so I had no idea what was running, or what was still waiting to run.
> So what do I use to gain visibility into a running VE schedule?
> I want to know:
>
> 1.       What is running
>
> 2.       What has completed
>
> 3.       What is waiting to run
> I tried deciphering it from dsmsched.log, but gave up looking for those
> needles in that haystack.
> I also went to the VE web UI hoping "reports/recent tasks" would help, but
> nothing showed up there.
> Surely there is some easy way to do this simple task that I have
> overlooked in the manual?
>
> Steve Schaub
> Systems Engineer II, Backup/Recovery
> Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
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Mike, x7942
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