Querying Client Events

To display scheduled and completed events complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end this task.

Policy Domain Name

Select the name of the policy domain to which the schedules belong. This parameter is required. An asterisk (*) specifies that the schedule belongs to any policy domain.

Schedule Name

Select the name of the schedule for which events are displayed. This parameter is required. An asterisk (*) specifies that events for all the schedules will be displayed.

Client Nodes

Enter the name of the client node that belongs to the specified policy domain for which events are displayed.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date of the time range for the events to be displayed. This parameter is optional.

You can specify a begin date by using one of the following values:

Value Description Example
mm/dd/yyyy A specific date. 09/15/1999
Today The current date. Today
Today+days or +days The current date plus additional days. The maximum number of days you can specify is 9999. Today+2 or +2

Example: To query events scheduled to start two days from now, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Date=Today+2 or Begin Date=+2

Today-days or -days The current date minus additional days. Today-7 or -7

Example: To query events scheduled to start during the past 7 days, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Date=Today-7 End Date=Today or Begin Date=-7 End Date=Today

Begin Time

Enter the beginning of the time range for events to be displayed. This parameter is optional.

You can specify a begin time by using one of the following values:

Value Description Example
hh:mm:ss A specific time on the begin date. 10:30:08
Now The current time on the begin date. Now
Now+hh:mm
or +hh:mm
The current time plus hours and minutes on the begin date. Now +02:00 or +2:00

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start 3 hours from now, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Time=Now+03:00 or Begin Time=+03:00 Tivoli Storage Manager displays events at 12:00 on the date you specify.

Now-hh:mm 
or -hh:mm
The current time minus hours and minutes on the begin date. Now -02:00 or -2:00

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start during the last 4 hours, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Time=Now-04:00 End Time=Now or Begin Time=-04:00 End Time=Now Tivoli Storage Manager displays events at 5:00 on the date you specify.

End Date

Enter the end date of the time range for events to be displayed. This parameter is optional. The default is the value used in the Begin Date parameter.

You can specify an end date by using one of the following values:

Value Description Example
mm/dd/yyyy A specific date. 09/15/1999
Today The current date. Today
Today+days or +days The current date plus additional days. The maximum number of days you can specify is 9999. Today+7 or +7

Example: To query events scheduled to start during the next week, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Date=Today End Date=Today+7 or Begin Date=Today End Date=+7

Today-days
or -days
The current date minus additional days. Today-8 or -8

Example: To query events scheduled to start during a one-week period that ended yesterday, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Date=Today-8 End Date=Today-1 or Begin Date=-8 End Date=-1

End Time

Enter the end time of the range of events to be displayed. This parameter is optional.

You can specify an end time by using one of the following values:

Value Description Example
hh:mm:ss A specific time on the end date. 10:30:08
Now The current time on the end date. Now
Now+hh:mm
or +hh:mm
The current time plus hours and minutes on the end date. Now+03:00 or +3:00

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start 3 hours from now, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Time=Now End Time=Now+03:00 or Begin Time=Now End Time=+03:00

Now-hh:mm
or -hh:mm
The current time minus hours and minutes on the end date. Now-04:00 or -4:00

Example: If you issue this command at 9:00 and you want to query events scheduled to start during the last 4 hours, you can specify one of the following combinations: Begin Time=Now-04:00 End Time=Now or Begin Time=-04:00 End Time=Now Tivoli Storage Manager displays events at 5:00 on the specified end date.

Exceptions Only

Select the type of query information you want on scheduled or completed events. This parameter is optional.

Yes Specifies that only those events which failed or did not execute as scheduled will be displayed.
No Specifies that information on projected events and on both successful and failed past events is displayed. The default is No.

Display Format

Select how the information should be displayed. This parameter is optional.

Standard Specifies that partial information for events is displayed. The default is Standard.
Detailed Specifies that complete information for events is displayed.