Hello all,
I'm having an odd problem with groups not starting. Not only not
starting, but not producing any messages at all. I'll put in some
background info below, but first, let me give the basics:
NetWorker Server: 7.2.1
OS: Solaris 8
Group's Autostart set to Enabled
Schedule set to proper level (full) on the days in question
Background (probably too much):
Customer requires end-of-month backups to start at different times on
different days. So, a couple ksh scripts were written to set the start
times in advance, so that people wouldn't have to log in on weekends
when end-of-month falls on those days. First script takes input (group
name, new start time, date you want the change to take place, the time
the change takes place), then it creates a "script" with all the details
nsradmin would need to do the deed, and finally it appends the input and
the location of the nsradmin "script", all on one line, to a (what I
call) control file. Second script is run from cron * * * * * and checks
that control file; when the change date and time match, the nsradmin
"script" on that line is executed and voila! the group's start time is
changed. This works perfectly, from what I can see. But...
... sometimes (but not most of the time!) the groups that had their
start time change wouldn't start! At all! No messages, nothing in the
daemon.log, etc. The times were successfully changed, sure, but when
the time came, NetWorker just glided past it, doing nothing. As I wrote
above, the Groups were enabled just fine and the schedule level set.
Also worth noting that the change time was set hours before the backup
was scheduled to start, so that wasn't a conflict. Also, this problem
has never cropped up except in those groups changed by the script. But,
only 2 of the 20-30 group changes exhibited this behavior. The rest ran
to expectations...
We've talked to EMC and they see no reason why this is happening, though
they believe its caused somehow by the script(s). I'm inclined to
agree, given that this has appeared only when the script changes a
group, but I would expect it to do the same to all of the groups
changed, not a small percentage of them. Its arbitrariness puzzles me.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I can post/email my uglier-than-sin
scripts, output, whatever, should anyone desire them.
Thanks for reading!
-Jon
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