Nathan,

You could always use something like :

DUMPEL.EXE which comes with the NT Resource Kit.
Dumps event logs to a tab separated text file and ADSM would
back these up as normal files.
You could also make a DUMPEL.CMD command file and run as a
-PRESCHEDULECMD=DUMPEL.CMD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan King [SMTP:nathan.king AT USAA DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 3:03 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Backup Event log revisited
>
> I tried Joshua's suggestion (and a good one at that)
>
> To use an include statement to process the NT event logs.
>
> It kind of works.. Yes it does back them up, but when I restore them NT
> tells me they are corrupt.
>
> Bummer...
>
> One thing I did notice the other day while performing a client trace is
> that
> BackupEvent  [yes | no ]  is considered a valid option in the dsm.opt
> file.
> Problem is that it doesn't actually do anything. Apparently a work in
> progress here.....
>
> Oh well, back to the drawing board.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
> Nathan King
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