To expand on Mark's other post I also agree it is best to use a 
postschedulecmd.  Here are a few other notes:

1)  A simple "dsmc sel FileName" will ensure the file gets backed up right 
after it is created and not the next day.

2) NTBackup even with command line switches still launches the GUI.  However, 
when you are using terminal serverices (remote desktop) you can't see it.  If 
you log onto the console and then start an immidate action schedule you should 
see the GUI start and be able to wittness any errors that occur.  Of course if 
this is windows 2003 then you can start remote desktop using the /console 
option.


"Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM> wrote:
Further:

1. If there are issues with system objects during a bare-metal restore,
you get Microsoft support for the NTBACKUP restore.
2. 1 single NTBACKUP 450MB file restores from tape a lot faster than
3000 files totaling 450MB.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:27 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd
>
>The problem with Win2K is that when you backup the
>"SYSTEMOBJECT", it backs everything up each time you run a
>backup. We backup the servers nightly and need to keep all
>data for a minimum of 90 days(including the system object
>backup). I had only ever backed up UNIX machines so I never
>had this problem until recently. With the NTBACKUP you can
>backup to a single file then have TSM backup that file so 1
>file is backed up to TSM instead of 1900+. The amount of data
>does not change but the number of files does to the database.
>
>Eric
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On
>Behalf Of Steve Schaub
>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:15 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd
>
>
>All,
>Maybe I missed the beginning of this thread, but I'm curious
>as to the advantage of scripting the ntbackup over using the
>built-in tsm client backup of
>systemobject/systemstate/systemservice? Does this help DR in some way?
>-steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stapleton, Mark [mailto:mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:46 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Question on the preschedulecmd
>
>
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>Behalf Of Jones, Eric J
>>I'm at the point where I've tested backing up the SYSTEM STATE with
>>NTBACKUP, having TSM backup the drives and exclude the SYSTEM OBJECT,
>>then rebuild the system, restore with TSM and
>>use NTBACKUP to restore the SYSTEM STATE. I have a batch
>>file to kick off NTBACKUP for the SYSTEM STATE backup and want to use
>>the "preschedulecmd" to run this before TSM scans for changed
>files and
>>does the scheduled backup. I need to make sure the batch file
>>completes before TSM does the backup.
>>Would there be any situation that TSM might start backing up
>before the
>>prescheduledcmd completes?
>
>A PRESCHEDCMD batch file must complete successfully (with
>RC=0) before the backup will happen; if a non-zero return code
>comes up, or the batch file hangs for any reason, the backup
>will not happen.
>
>What some have had better luck with is running the NTBACKUP
>batch file as a POSTSCHEDCMD. If the NTBACKUP hangs or fails
>(which happens once in a while), using POSTSCHEDCMD will not
>prevent the backup from completing. Yeah, the NTBACKUP results
>are 24 hours old when they get backed up, but does your system
>state change that frequently?
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>Berbee Information Networks
>Office 262.521.5627
>

                
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