Here's my script that pages with pending requests.  It should be put on cron
on a short cycle, like every 10 minutes or so.

It'll page when a tape is requested & becomes part of the pending requests,
it'll track through its use, then page again when the tape is removed from
the lists (ie: done being used) so it can be reshelved.

-M

$ cat auto_pendcheck
#!/bin/sh

PATH=$PATH:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin:/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd
PATH=$PATH:/usr/openv/volmgr/bin:/usr/openv/local
export PATH

PENDFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.PEND.$$
LIVEFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.LIVE.$$
HISTFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.HIST
TMPFILE=/tmp/`basename $0`.TMP.$$

MAILADDR="PAGER AT SERVICE DOT COM"

>$TMPFILE
[ ! -f $HISTFILE ] && touch $HISTFILE
vmoprcmd -d pr | awk '$1~/[0-9]/ {print $3}' >$PENDFILE
vmoprcmd -d ds | awk '$8=="Yes"  {print $6}' >$LIVEFILE


#If PEND not in HIST then new tape - send alert
for tape in `cat $PENDFILE`
do
  if [ `grep -c $tape $HISTFILE` -eq 0 ]
  then
    #New tape PENDING - Track it and send mail
    echo "Netbackup requests tape $tape." | mailx -s "NB_PEND: $tape"
$MAILADDR
    echo "$tape" >>$TMPFILE
  fi
done

#If HIST not in LIVE or PEND then tape done - else still in use
for tape in `cat $HISTFILE`
do
  if [ `grep -c $tape $LIVEFILE` -eq 0 -a `grep -c $tape $PENDFILE` -eq 0 ]
  then
    #Tape we were tracking is gone - must be done...
    echo "Netbackup is done with tape $tape." | mailx -s "NB_DONE: $tape"
$MAILADDR
  else
    #Tape we were tracking is mounted or still pending - continue to track
    echo "$tape" >>$TMPFILE
  fi
done
mv $TMPFILE $HISTFILE
rm $LIVEFILE $PENDFILE
exit


-----Original Message-----
From: Bittinger Jeff [mailto:jbitting AT HanoverDirect DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:48 AM
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] standalone media servers


Running  NB4.5 DC on Solaris 9 master server and a Storage Tek L80 tape
library to backup Unix servers. Also have a Win2000 media server with a
standalone SDLT with its own media outside of library for Windows backups.
Is there anyway to get either the Solaris Master or the Windows media server
to automatically prompt the operators either by e-mail or pop-up message to
which media is being called for the backup on the standalone drive? The only
way I can see to do it is to check the details tab in the activity monitor. 
Any suggestions would be great!
>From   Jeff Bittinger
        Hanover Direct, Inc.
        Tech services
        jbitting AT hanoverdirect DOT com

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