Richard Sims wrote:
>
> >I would like to know is the scheduler is running on all my client nodes
> >before the backup starts. Is there a way to check this without logging
> >on to the client?

On NT, you can use server manager to view the status of the scheduler
service
on all your NT clients. You can also use it to start, stop, or disable
the service,
providing you have the proper authority and the schedules are running as
services
on the clients.


>
> Clients don't have TCP/IP ports open until the schedule comes due, so one
> can't bounce off those ports to determine existence.
> The closest thing might be the SHOW PENDING server command, unless a
> comparable SQL query could be formulated.  But even then, that's an *expected*
> client presence, whereas you want current actual.  This may require some
> alternate access to the client to look for the ADSM client process.
>       Richard Sims, BU