> It is best to look in the dsmsched.log or dsmerror.log on the
> client to see why the backup EVENT shows a status of MISSED.

In my experience, scheduled event MISSED status means:

machine not powered on, or
scheduler not running in machine, or
nodename mismatch in preferences file or command line specification
  with server expectation.
network/connection problem.

Only the latter item will be explicitly in your DSMSCHED/DSMERROR log.

Hope this helps,

Wayne T. Smith
Systems Group -- CAPS        internet: wts AT maine.maine DOT edu
University of Maine System   BITNET/CREN: WTS@MAINE