Right. And the backup will fail with exit code 73 ("bpstart_notify failed").

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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] Im Auftrag 
> von Bobby Williams
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. April 2006 12:15
> An: dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Betreff: RE: [Veritas-bu] bpstart actions
> 
> 
> Anything besides an exit code of "0" zero will cause the 
> backup to fail.
> 
> 
> if [ some test ];then
>       exit 2
> fi 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bobby Williams
> 2205 Peterson Drive
> Chattanooga, Tennessee  37421
> 423-296-8200
> 
> -----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 
> Dave Markham
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:57 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] bpstart actions
> 
> Running Netbackup 5.1mp4  on solaris 9.
> 
> I need to get some start scripts to check things before my 
> backup runs on a
> particular host. I was going to do this with 
> bpstart_notify.<policyname> to
> check the status of a log file. If successfully then continue.
> 
> Im wondering what to do if the status of the logfile means i 
> dont want the
> backup to run, and then how will this get passed to netbackup 
> in an exit
> code.  What can i put in bpstart so it doesnt launch the 
> backup to tape for
> that client and actually chucks some error code out through 
> netbackup to
> view on job monitor or my daily report?
> 
> Anyone tried this?
> 
> Cheers
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