Here's how we do it: At the dsmadmc prompt: def scr daily_report desc="Create a daily backup report" line=1 upd scr daily_report cmd="q sch * * begind=-$1 begint=now endd=-$2 endt=now" line=2
DON'T omit the negative sign preceding the $1 and $2! (Sorry if I blew the syntax a little bit on line 2, I don't have documentation at home. If there's any trouble, just issue the command "help upd scr"--you can sort it out for yourself.) The two asterisks in line 2 indicate, first, "all policy domains", second, "all node names". If you want to separate policy domains, by all means just define more than one script. Then, when you want the daily, at the dsmadmc prompt: run daily_report 1 0 > outfilemmdd.txt Where "mmdd" indicate the month and day, or establish your own convention. So, on Monday, when we want a report for each day over the weekend, we type, again at the dsmadmc prompt (example is for next Monday): run daily_report 3 2 > tsma0420.txt run daily_report 2 1 > tsma0421.txt run daily_report 1 0 > tsma0422.txt This yields a nice little report which prints nicely to a landscape 8.5x11 page, and includes, among other items, the scheduled start time, the actual start time, the policy domain name, the node name, the schedule name, and the completion status. The report lends itself to post-processing if you want to clean it up for import into Word or another text processor, and, on 8.5x11 paper, you even have room to annotate a cause for non-completion status, etc., in case your boss is a little bit interested! If you add " f=d" at the end of the cmd= in line 2, you will get a little more detailed report which also includes the completion time, but might not fit on a landscape oriented 8.5x11 page. Also, if you want to post-process with Excel, you might consider using the command "dsmadmc -comma". Your redirected output files will be in comma-separated value format which is nice for importing to Excel. Hope this helps, Dennis "Anyone looking for a pretty fair TSM Administrator?" Glover "Yes, Andy, the command line is your friend. And mine."
