> Ryan:

We do the same thing. You can add a line "if status does not equal 0 then
page". We use mailx to our Skytel pagers.

Charlie Somogyi
BMS
Princeton NJ




>
> Message: 1
> Reply-To: "Ryn" <matty91 AT mindspring DOT com>
> From: "Ryn" <matty91 AT mindspring DOT com>
> To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:30:29 -0400
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Monitoring failed backups
>
> Has anyone written any scripts to page them when a backup fails? We
> seem to be having issues where our acsls server stops working and
> causes backups to fail. I would like to send an email to my pager when
> a backup fails so I can take corrective actions.
>
> Thanks for any info,
>
> - Ryan
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 03:52:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Snow Wolf <snowwolf AT endlessknot DOT com>
> To: Ryn <matty91 AT mindspring DOT com>
> cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Monitoring failed backups
>
> On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Ryn wrote:
>
> > Has anyone written any scripts to page them when a backup fails? We
> > seem to be having issues where our acsls server stops working and
> > causes backups to fail. I would like to send an email to my pager when
> > a backup fails so I can take corrective actions.
>
> Personally, I like to add scripting to the end of ...
>
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/backup_exit_notify
>
> as it's called at the end of each individual client backup, sucessfull
> or not. It also gets the following variables from bpsched: client, class,
> schedule, schedule_type, status, stream (#).
>
> So, check this script out ... a few modifacations, and you should be set.
>
> -Snow
>
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