If you have Accounting turned on, on the ADSM server the record for that
event has a return code associated with the session.
You could have a short script parse the dsmaccnt.log, grep for you servers,
on that date and check the return codes.

That is the only way I have been able to say a session completed with no
doubts.  It works for my group.

Anthony Jones
Koch Industries, Inc.
Platform Technologist
316-828-2432

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robinson, Cris [SMTP:Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 3:10 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Exchange Agent Questions
>
> I have to ask this question... Is there any way to tell if the exchange
> backup completed successfully
> at the ADSM server level? Please tell me I don't have to go to 30 Exchange
> servers and look at each one.
>
> The activity log only shows that a session started and ended. The Events
> log
> only stated that the
> command completed successfully for the client but nothing regarding the
> agent and finally, the filespace
> information stays blank. Has anyone come up with a way to find out?
>
>
> The Mail team wants hard confirmation that the backup was successful. I
> can't seem to say one way or another
> unless I ship the logs back to the ADSM server on a daily basis via a
> script.
>
>
>
> Happy Holidays kiddies!
> __________________________________________________
> 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
>
>
> If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Del Hoobler [SMTP:hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 3:36 PM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Exchange Agent Questions
> >
> > Allan,
> >
> > The ADSMConnect Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server allows you
> > to back up and restore the Information Store and Directory databases.
> > It does this at the database level only.
> >
> > We are aware that brick level backup and restore is a function that
> > customers want.  We have not yet added that function to the
> > Exchange Agent due to the fact that Microsoft has not yet
> > created native "backup and restore" API's to do this.
> > Other products accomplish this by using non-backup/restore API's.
> > It has been noted that there are performance implications.
> > We hope that Microsoft will give us backup/restore API's to do this.
> > Keep in mind, with Exchange 5.5, Microsoft did add the deleted item
> > recovery feature that alleviates some of this pressure.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Del
> >
> > ===================================================
> > Del Hoobler
> > IBM ADSM Agent Development
> > hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com
> >
> > ===================================================
> >
> > > We have several Microsoft Exchange servers that we would like to
> backup
> > with
> > > ADSM but at present we are using ARCSERVE because it offers a "Bricks
> > Level
> > > Backup" that facilitates the restoration of individual mailboxes.
> What
> > is
> > > the current functionality of the ADSM Exchange agent in this area?
> > >
> > > Allan.