I would look for an enterprise scheduling package such as Control M to do
the job for you. Within Control M it is possible to create dependencies for
certain jobs so that one job won't start until another has completed.

Nathan

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Keith Nelson [SMTP:knelson AT OPENMIC DOT COM]
        Sent:   Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:21 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: Coordinating client activities on different
platforms

        Sounds like a job for Maestro.

        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On
Behalf Of
        > Lawrence Clark
        > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 1:19 PM
        > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > Subject: Coordinating client activities on different platforms
        >
        >
        > Is it possible to have a single schedule complete a series of
        > scripts on two clients that are different platforms. For example:
        > - we have a database on an AIX node and
        > - an associated client piece on an NT node.
        >
        > Is it possible for ADSM to:
        > - execute a script on the NT node to shut down the client
        > application, THEN
        > - backup the database on an AIX node, THEN
        > - execute a script on an NT node to restart the application.
        >
        > Larry Clark
        > NYS Thruway Authority
        >