Querying Administrative Events

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

Schedule Name

Select the name of the schedule for which events are displayed. This parameter is required. You can use a wildcard character (*) to specify this name. All matching schedule names are queried.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date of the time range for the events to be displayed. All events that were scheduled to start during this time are displayed.

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 ending date of the time range for events to be displayed. All events that were scheduled to start during this time are displayed. This parameter is optional.

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

Specifies the ending time of the range for events to be displayed. All events scheduled to start during this time are displayed.

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.

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

Display Format

Select how the information is displayed.

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