I'm not aware of an actual alert function, but you'll find antries in
the dsmerror.log, dsmsched.log, and the NT event log. The NT event log
(application log) only tells you that access failed; you need to check
the dsm*.logs to find out what file or directory triggered the event.
OTOH, if the NT event log has no red 'stop' signs you don't need to read
the detail.

Tom Kauffman
Sr. Technical Analyst
NIBCO, Inc.

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>From:  Rafael Goldschmidt[SMTP:Rafagold AT CANOPUS.COM DOT AR]
>Sent:  Thursday, August 07, 1997 6:17 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Backup with ADSM
>
>Dear Adsmers,
>I have some questions.
>In a Windows NT server, does the system alert if it could not save an
>object because it was blocked or occupied by other program? By what
>means does it alert?
>Can the system administrator inhibit the clients to start a backup
>themselves? In other words, a company wants to launch the backups only
>from the server and never from the clients.  How is this done?
>Many thanks!
>Rafael J. Goldschmidt
>Buenos Aires, Argentina
>rafagold AT cano.com DOT ar
>