I use the following, It catches most problems.

q event * * begindate=today-1 begintime=16:00 enddate=today endtime=now ex=yes

On Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:47 PM, Selva, Perpetua
[SMTP:perpetua.selva AT RBCDS DOT COM] wrote:
> Hi
>
> Can someone please tell me , what is the best criteria to search for nightly
> backups that failed/missed?
>
> Currently i check event logs with the following and have it on a cron job..
>
>
>  q event * * begind=-1 begint=19:00 endd=today endt=08:00 |grep -E
> "Missed|Failed"
>
> This is fine for 'MOST DAYS'...
>
> However, I have found out that sometimes it doesnot work if the backups are
> still in progress or it goes over the time it is specified..
>
> Can someone think of an intelligent way to cover all scenarios..
>
> Please let me know