Yes and yes.  You can run a batch file to perform the commands you need to
run or you can have the preschedulecmd run one for you.  If you use the
command file you need to be aware that when the command file completes, the
backup will start.  That means that everything that needs to happen should
have happened before you leave the command file.  If some of the stop
processing is asynchronous your application might not be down when the
backup starts so be careful.

The easiest way to add a preschedule command is in the web gui.  Add an
option (on the option line) -preschedulecmd=commandname.  You will probably
need to play with this to get it right, but have patience.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
lipp AT storsol DOT com or kelly.lipp AT storserver DOT com
www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com
(719)531-5926
Fax: (240)539-7175