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Re: [Networker] Backup Window Enforcement

2010-06-29 16:21:31
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backup Window Enforcement
From: Eric Carter <carter_eric AT EMC DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:18:12 -0400
NetWorker 7.6 included new runtime limit settings that give you some 
control over backup windows.  We put together a video on this that's over 
on YouTube here:  http://www.youtube.com/emcnetworker#p/u/8/viU6cUNPXpQ 

-Eric

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:06:03 -0400, Conrad Macina 
<conrad.macina AT PFIZER DOT COM> wrote:

>If I'm understanding this correctly, you're using NetWorker to drive 
Avamar,
>with the Avamar grid as the de-duplication node in the client definition.
>The first question is, can you start your savegroup any earlier? Failing
>that, you may be able to start the Avamar administration tasks later than 
6
>AM and still finish before your next backup window.
>
>But there's a more basic question: If your savegroup regularly runs over 
the
>limit, you might want to reconsider whether Avamar is really an 
appropriate
>solution for your environment. You may not have enough bandwidth to make 
it
>work. You shouldn't have to choose between finishing your backups and
>running garbage collection, checkpoints, HFS check, etc.
>
>That said, if all you want to do is terminate a savegroup that's running 
at
>a particular time and your NetWorker server runs *nix, you can set up a 
cron
>job to do that. The crontab entry to kill a group named mygroup at 6:00 PM
>would look something like:
>
>00 18 * * * kill `ps -ef | grep "savegrp.*mygroup" | grep -v grep | awk
>'{print $2}'`
>
>Some *nix flavors have a pkill command simplifies considerably:
>
>00 18 * * * pkill "savegrp.*mygroup"
>
>It will do no harm if the group isn't running when cron triggers the
>command; it will just return the message, "kill: bad argument count".
>
>Conrad Macina
>Pfizer, Inc.
>
>
>On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:52:08 +0200, Thierry Faidherbe
><thierry.faidherbe AT FOREM DOT BE> wrote:
>
>>You should consider using an external task manager
>>such windows native one, control-m, tng, ... to start
>>your group out of networker scheduler control.
>>
>>In your job definition, there is a "must be complete"
>>or equivalent abort feature you can setup to have savegroup
>>job aborted at a certain time.
>>
>>In way of aborting backups, shouldn't it be a better approach
>>to reorganize scheduling/group parallelism or backup setup
>>for having job done in right time range ?
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>TH
>>
>>Kind regards - Bien cordialement - Vriendelijke groeten,
>>
>>Thierry FAIDHERBE
>>Backup/Storage & System Management
>>
>>LE FOREM - Administration Centrale
>>Département des Systèmes d'Information
>>
>>Boulevard Tirou, 104  Tel: + 32 (0)71/206730
>>B-6000 CHARLEROI      Fax: + 32 (0)71/206199 BELGIUM
>>                      Mail : Thierry.faidherbe<at>forem.be
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
>>On
>>Behalf Of kelly mcgary
>>Sent: jeudi 24 juin 2010 15:12
>>To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>>Subject: [Networker] Backup Window Enforcement
>>
>>Does anyone know if there is a way to enforce the backup window, at least
>>for a single group. For example, my de-dupe group sometimes run past 6am,
>>which is when garbage collection runs. If that happens too many times in 
a
>>row, Avamar gets real unhappy with me. So have you guys/gals ever found a
>>way to make a group stop automatically at a certain time?
>>
>>
>>
>> Kai/Kelly McGary
>>Humble, TX
>>Cummins Remote Management
>>
>>
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