From the GUI version of the Backup administration program you can view progress messages and completion messages about the status of the backup.
For progress messages, watch the Sessions display in the Backup administration resource. The Sessions display information is also written to the daemon.log file in the /nsr/logs directory.
For completion messages, watch the Messages display in the Backup administration resource. The Messages display information is also written to the messages file in the /nsr/logs directory.
For information on why a backup cannot progress, view the messages in the Pending display. The Pending display shows requests to mount tapes and other conditions that require intervention.
The nsrwatch program also provides this information in a character-based format. For more information see "Server Status Resource for Character-Based Displays ".