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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide


Displaying Information about Completed Work

Windows Me: When you run the schedule command in the foreground, output from scheduled commands displays on your screen. Output is also directed to the dsmsched.log file in the current directory unless you change the path and file name using the schedlogname option.

Windows NT, 2000: When you run the schedule command as a service, output from scheduled commands displays in the Windows NT application event log. Output is also directed to the dsmsched.log file in the current directory unless you change the path and file name using the schedlogname option. The amount of detail is determined by whether verbose or quiet is set in the dsm.opt file. The scheduler service also posts messages to the NT event log.

After scheduled work is performed, check the schedule log to verify that all work completed successfully.

When a scheduled command is processed the schedule log may contain the following entry:

   Scheduled event eventname completed successfully
 

The client indicates whether Tivoli Storage Manager successfully issued the scheduled command associated with the eventname. No attempt is made to determine the success or failure of the command. You can assess the status of the command by evaluating the return code from the scheduled command in the schedule log. The schedule log entry for the command's return code is prefaced with the following text:

   Finished command. Return code is:

The scheduler service also logs information into the Windows NT/2000 application event log and provides an event identification (event ID) number for each event in the log. Event ID 4101 displays backup and archive statistics, which you may find useful in determining the success or failure of a command.

The schedule log continues to grow unless you prune it using the schedlogretention option. See "Specifying Scheduling Options" for more information.


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