Justin,

    The bodge I use for this sort of thing is:

a)    Rename the binary ("bpbackupdb" in this case) to (e.g.)
"bpbackupdb.exe"

b)    Write a shell script wrapper with the original name that calls the
".exe"

The wrapper can then, of course, do any pre  / post processing that
is needed.

Cheers,

Richard.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin King" <jking AT hnl.bcm.tmc DOT edu>
To: "David Chapa" <david.chapa AT adic DOT com>;
<veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Scripting Question


> The DB updating issue is exactly what I was attempting to avoid. :)  I
> was looking for some sort of flag to determine that the catalog backup
> is complete-- and then the ability to kick off a process based on that
> flag.
>
> For the others that asked, this is NBU 5.0 on a Win2K Master.
>
> I'm a little concerned about using 'dd' simply because it seems like it
> would be tough to guarantee that the catalogs are getting backed up with
> 100% certainty.
>
> I might explore the restaging idea as well, thanks for the tips.
>
> Anyone else?  Keep em comin!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chapa [mailto:david.chapa AT adic DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:10 PM
> To: Justin King; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Scripting Question
>
> Sure can.
>
> NT or UNIX?
>
> The one caveat is that when you run bpbackupdb independent of NBU's
> internal scheduler, you run the risk of the DB being updated.  This may
> happen DB pruning occurs or scheduled or manual initiated backups are
> running.
>
> What you may want to look at is using the catalog backup to tape that
> you made and use dd to pull it off and write it to your DVD-R.  Or if
> you have to re-stage it to disk first, then try that then write it to
> your DVD-R.
>
> Haven't tested any of this so, this is all theoretical.
>
> David A. Chapa * Technical Advisor, Technical Marketing * ADIC *
> 720.249.5836 * david.chapa AT adic DOT com
>
> Pathlight VX - Integrated Disk-to-Tape Backup -
> http://www.adic.com/gopathlightvx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Justin
> King
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:44 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Scripting Question
>
> Can someone tell me if this is possible-- and if so, where to start.
>
> I'd like to automate a weekly catalog backup to disk for burning onto
> DVD-R.  I can do this manually with the bpbackupdb command; however, I'd
> like it to automatically run after a catalog backup to tape.
>
> Can this be done?
>
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