Spectrum Protect/TSM on workstations, custom backup interface/report for user?

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PREDATAR Control23

I have a number of workstation being backed up by tsm, and the managment of the backups is a pain as people leave machines off etc.
What I would like to do is have the user take ownership of backups, as simply as possible. Maybe some sort of alert (windows os) that says "You have not backed up in greater than 3 days would you like to backup now?" and then initiate a backup (with success or failure message)
Not sure how to go about this, has anyone ever done anything like this?
 
PREDATAR Control23

Not really, but close. If you are good at scripting, you could include the email address for every node definition:
Code:
update node {nodename} emailaddress={[email protected]}

Then use this query to generate a list:
Code:
select n.node_name,n.email_address,date(min(f.backup_end)) as LAST_BACKUP from nodes n,filespaces f  where n.node_name=f.node_name and date(current_timestamp)-date(backup_end)>3 group by n.node_name,n.email_address

Then create a script that runs the above query, parses the output, and sends an email to those in the list that they have not backed up in more than 3 days.

From that point on, the onus is on them to back it up.
 
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