Automated Backup Script

[bopritchard]

Here's my problem I've attempting to backup a db to my tape library...problem is the backup runs across 3 tapes and the backup routine doesn't know how to swap the tape out and keep going...

when the tape fills...the backup continually retries until it sees a new tape in its drive...it also writes

"Please mount tape 1 on /dev/rmt/c4t0d0BEST and press Return to continue ... could not write archive tape."

to an ontape.out file...

i use an mc command to actually load the new tape when i see this message in the ontape.out...then everything keeps running

you see the problem...this is far from being automated...

what i need is something that checks for existance of that "mount tape" message in that file then runs that mc command to swap the tape and keep going

 

[mrn]

Can you give us OS Version & Hardware details, then I can help.

Regards --
| Mike Nixon
| Unix Admin
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[bopritchard]

os=HPUX 10.20
server=HP 9000
tape=HP DLT 7000 1/8, 8 slot single drive library
db=Informix 7.24

thanks

 

[Chapter11]

[tt]#!/bin/ksh

QUITFILE=/tmp/quitfile
QUIT=0
REST=5

LOGFILE=ontape.out
LOOKFOR="mount tape"

while test ${QUIT} -eq 0
do
FLAG=`tail -1 ${LOGFILE} | grep "${LOOKFOR}" | wc -l`
if test ${FLAG} -gt 0
then
mc whatever
fi
if test -f ${QUITFILE}
then
QUIT=1
fi
sleep ${REST}
done
[/tt]

Start this in the background (via & or "at now&quot, then touch the quitfile to make it die off.

Edit as necessary.