monitor backup jobs on MSDE

We have several backup jobs on MSDE.
How do I monitor these jobs and get notified when a job fails. What are the
different notification possibilites with MSDE.
/*
Was not able to have the normal way (using SQL Agent notification system) to
work with MSDE but it works great on SQL Server. I suggest you switch to
Windows scheduler and batch driven maintenance tasks. SQLExpress will not
come with SQL Agent service. If you want to have schedules you will have to
use Windows SCHTASKS or AT command.
Create a script with your backup command, then a batch file to execute it
using OSQL or SQLCMD, a net send command can be embeded into the batch file.
Create a Windows task to execute the batch file.
Example of a batch file that would be called by the Winmdows Scheduler
OSQL -b -h-1 -s~ -w8000 -E -SCHC-6X9VQ31-XP -dmaster
-i"YourScriptFileNameAndLocation" -o"ALogFileNameAndLocationToStoreErrors"
if errorlevel == 1 goto errhand
goto end
:errhand
net send chc-6x9vq31-xp "The database back up failed ..."
:end
*/
USE msdb
-- Create a message to store in the sysmessages table
exec sp_addmessage @.msgnum = 55001 ,
@.severity = 1 ,
@.msgtext = 'Error 55001 has occurred. The database back up failed ...'
-- Because the message must be logged for the net send to fire
exec sp_altermessage 55001, 'WITH_LOG', 'true'
-- define an operator and how it is going to get notified
exec sp_add_operator @.name = 'Your Name'
, @.enabled = 1
, @.netsend_address = 'chc-6x9vq31-xp'
-- create and alert for the message.
EXEC sp_add_alert @.name = 'Test Alert', @.message_id = 55001, @.enabled = 1
-- define the notofocation procedure
-- in facts it joins the operator to an alert and how to join it
exec sp_add_notification @.alert_name = 'Test Alert' ,
@.operator_name = 'Your Name' ,
@.notification_method = 4
-- this will do the netsend
raiserror(55001,1,1)
"inquisite" wrote:

> We have several backup jobs on MSDE.
> How do I monitor these jobs and get notified when a job fails. What are the
> different notification possibilites with MSDE.
>