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[mtownbound]

Guru,
Do you know how to set the MISSING FILES THRESHOLD in WindowsNT? The only thing I've been able to find is this string for Netware...


ARCserve for NetWare: Setting Missed File
Thresholds
---------------------------------------------

When using ARCserve 7.0, administrators have
the ability to set the percentage of missed
files needed in a job so that ARCserve will
flag the job as incomplete. If you want to
set a job so that it will never be incomplete
due to missed files or set it so that missing
only one percent of all files is enough to
make a job incomplete, this can be changed
to suit your preference.

To set this feature, edit the asconfig.ini
file and, in the section [NetWare Backup/Restore],
add the following strings:
SetBackupStatus=yes
PercentageOfMissedFiles=x
X should be set to the percentage of missed
files needed to mark a job as incomplete.

For example, you backup two files and make
one file open:
In the section [NetWare Backup/Restore] of
the asconfig.ini file, add the string as in
the following:
SetBackupStatus=yes
PercentageOfMissedFiles=50
At the end of job, the job will be marked as
incomplete.


Thanks,
Mtownbound

 

[ARCserveGuru]

Are you really missing out on so many files? Is it possible to set up a filter to exclude the files in question? I have poured over all my notes and everything I can think of but I don't see where this can be modified. I have check all the .ini files in ARCserve. Hmmm maybe in the registry then? Gimme a sec.... Couldn't find it, may have to add a key or something.

sorry I couldn't be of more help.

g

 

[mtownbound]

A lot of these files are Oracle files that are open at the time of the backup, so I guess I can filter these. I just thought that since this option was available for netware, it would also be available for NT.

Thanks for the assistance!!!

MtownBound

 

[TheLad]

Why not stop the Oracle Service as a pre backup job, the start it again as a post backup job? -----------------------------------------------------
"It's true, its damn true!"
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[mtownbound]

You mean writing a script to stop/start the service?

 

[ARCserveGuru]

Yeah, you could set it up in a pre/post job in arcserve to run before and after the backup job. As long as your oracle database isn't in use 24/7.

g

 

[mtownbound]

Unfortunately, the database is in use 24/7, so I am going with the filtering process if there is no other way around it.

Thanks a million!!!
Mtownbound

 

[tbeeber]

Consider getting the Oracle agent installed, if that data is at all important.

Remember, if you are filtering those files, they are not getting backup up. Thus you won't be able to restore then when the day comes. You are taking a big risk.

The Oracle agent will allow you to back up those files without shutting down the service, so you can still be 7/24, and have a backup.

 

[mtownbound]

I'm doing manual oracle backups to another machine. Any idea on how much the oracle agent is?

 

[tbeeber]

It lists for about a grand, but I've seen it on other web sites for about $650. (I'm not going to say what site, as that might run afoul of the "no promoting" rule, even though I have no stake in it. A search of major .com software sites should realize some results.)

You need one copy per oracle server.

 

[mtownbound]

Thanks, I'll check into the oracle agent.