Try  the query event command reporting on exceptions only.


At 09:09 AM 5/17/96 +0100, you wrote:
>Up till now I had been using the dsmaccnt.log file to determine
>whether a backup was successful or not using field #11 - Normal
>server termination indicator.
>
>I have now come up against a situation where ADSM logged a
>successful termination, but in fact did not complete a backup.
>
>Senior management is quite upset (especially since the worst
>happened - a full drive restore was required for the day
>missed).
>
>
>How is everyone else checking for successful completion of
>backups?  Do you use the acccounting file, the date and time of
>the filespace backup, or ????
>
>To the IBM folks:
>What is the most accurate way for checking for successful
>backups?
>
>Is there a way (from the server) that I can generate a list of
>failed filenames (or at least a count) for each client?  The
>clients are across several platforms, and several protocols...
>
>