Is there a way to exclude policies when other policies are running? 3

[EnochChum]

Hi,

Is there any way I can stop a policy from running is another policy is running at the same time? I have an online and archive hot database oracle backup policies. When one of the policies is running, I don't want the other backup policy to run.

Thanks,
Enoch

 

[Stumpr]

One way is to set the "Global Attribute" max jobs per client.
However, There is another setting that can limit backup jobs on a client that can be set on the client. I can't thonk of it right now. I'll research and come back. Maybe someone else can find it before I do.


Bob Stump
Just because the VERITAS documentation states something as certain, that does not make it a fact and that is truth.

 

[MaineDCAdmin]

I use backup_exit_notify on the Master Server to activiate or deactivate a Policy in this scenario. backup_exit_notify runs every time a backup completes. As an example you could have your Hot Backup Plocy set to inactive and then have the cold backup set it to active via backup_exit_notify, when the backup completes. A similar process can be used to set the Hot Backup Policy inactive when it completes.

 

[Stumpr]

Hey MaineDCAdmin,
That was a post worthy of a star!
Extra points for being very creative.

Bob Stump
Just because the VERITAS documentation states something as certain, that does not make it a fact and that is truth.

 

[MaineDCAdmin]

Thank Bob! I have started to do more and more with the CLI in the Korn Shell and with Windows batch files. The more I do with the CLI, makes me aware of just how powerful the environment is.

 

[Stumpr]

Here is a related post on the veritas forum

http://forums.symantec.com/discussions/thread.jspa?threadID=73160&tstart=0

In that post Brendan Post gives a technote describing the method that I was thinking about in my first reply in this thread

Setting Maximum Jobs per Client on a per client basis in VERITAS NetBackup (tm)

http://support.veritas.com/docs/262298

Bob Stump
Just because the VERITAS documentation states something as certain, that does not make it a fact and that is truth.

 

[dennis101]

Just deactivate it!!!
Right click on the policy and then deactivate starightaway!!!

dennis Ojo