View Data Archive backup logs and messages

Check the following log files for error messages:

• Backup script log

  The backup script log is written to the target directory of the backup with a name of the form pibackup_dd-mmm-yy_hh.mm.ss.txt. For example:

  pibackup_5-Aug-05_14.16.22.txt.

• PI message log

  To display all error messages between the start and end time of a backup, use a command of the form:

  pigetmsg -sl E –st starttime –et endtime

  If any errors occur during a backup, the output of this command is automatically dumped to the backup script log.

  To display all messages related to backup, use a command of the following form:

  pigetmsg -src pibackup –st starttime –et endtime

  To display only those messages from the PI Backup subsystem itself, use a command of the following form:

  pigetmsg -pr pibackup –st starttime –et endtime

• Windows application event log

  Look for messages from VSS and COM+ event sources.

• Windows system event log

  Look for messages from VOLSNAP and NTFS event sources.