[Veritas-bu] running bpbackupdb from a cron job on Solaris
2002-09-04 11:00:10
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[Veritas-bu] running bpbackupdb from a cron job on Solaris |
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jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com (Jeff Kennedy) |
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Wed, 04 Sep 2002 08:00:10 -0700 |
It's completely ok to run it from cron. Just be aware that any backups
in progress will not be recoverable from that catalogue backup.
~JK
Snodgrass, John wrote:
> Is it OK to run the NetBackup image catalogs backups from a cron job? The
> only options on the xbpadm configuration screen do not fit my current
> schedules very well. I have about 35 classes that run on a given night and
> over the weekends. I've had problems where backups get delayed for 30-45
> minutes waiting for the bpbackupdb job to complete after other classes had
> completed and it started automatically.
>
> As my catalogs have gotten larger, the situation is getting worse. The
> catalog backups are taking longer and longer to run. It still fits on one
> tape, so I have not had to deal with that situation as described in the
> system admin manual. The only thing I can find about running it from the
> command line is the description of the command itself. I'd like to manually
> schedule the catalog backups for a time that I know the system is idle.
> Other then having to manually run the job everyday, the best option I can
> come up with is to run it from the command line with a cron job. I plan to
> leave the configuration in xbpadm as is to make the process as simple as
> possible. I've manually run a test, and it appears to work fine. Anyone
> else doing/done this that would care to comment on their experiences pro or
> con.
>
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> John Snodgrass
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> Lake Mary, FL
> 407-942-5583
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