Prebackup

[Balki]

I have a backup running via a savegroup. I would like the backup to start only after a condition like job is done, process is no longer active.
I know I can put time dependencies by udsing Start Time.

Can somebody help me.

Thanks,
-Balki

 

[Chapter11]

What platform?

If unix, for the client definition, tab "remote", change your backup command to "savepnpc".

The first time you run a group with that client definition, it will create a file named /nsr/res/groupname.res

Edit that groupname.res file and point the pre command to a script that does what you want to do.

Networker can be picky about the format of this file, I think the key is to make sure there is a blank 5th line.

Any script you call via either pre or post will be run without an environment so your script needs to pull in /etc/environment or whatever other files out of /etc that are used for that purpose.

 

[Balki]

Hi :

It is Sun Solaris 8.

If I have 'if' condition for a process to finish, will this work.
And what do I need to in order to abandon the backup as the process did finish within the specfied time.

Thanks,
-Balki

 

[TDun]

Couldn't you stop th egroup running automatically and alter your script/program that must run first to call
savegrp -G groupname
after it completes?
The snag with savepnpc is that it will either start after the job finishes OR hits the timeout.

 

[speculos]

If you want to run savegroup after "complex" conditions, you have to use an external scheduler; the savegroup command is then called exactly when you want.