Not sure if this is possible to accomplish with SA. We subscribe to an automated (somewhat) real time backup service which backs up our servers to NAS devices locally and later / periodically the NAS devices back up to offsite servers.
Recently had a situation where the service inexplicably stopped backing up one drive (unfortunately our entire DMS system) from one of our servers and this situation went unnoticed for weeks. COULD HAVE been bad, but luckily we survived. This time. In any event, the backup saves deltas every 15 minutes. The process creates backup "files" with the following naming convention. C_VOL-b002-innn.spi where nnn appears to be a random numeric string If the server has a D and/or E drive, it would be named similarly D_vol...... or E_vol..... The time stamp would reflect the date/time of the delta backup. What I would like to do is monitor (whether in one consolidated test per server or multiples) that a recent back up file for each drive actually exists. (In the example cited earlier, the C backup was running along swimmingly, but the D backup did not run for a few weeks) Is there a way to test for the existence of a recently time stamped file (say, must exist timestamped within the last few hours of the current date/time) with a wild card name of C_VOL*.SPI or D_VOL*.SPI? Thanks! Stan J. Ercolano Director, Information Technology Farrell Fritz, P.C. 1320 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556-1320 (516) 227 - 0700 (516) 336 - 2789 (Direct Fax) www.farrellfritz.com Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Text via email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list.
