What B/A client? :-)

If I take my backups at the ESX level, I'm trying to do just an image
backup, driven by ESX, not using some client in the virtual machine.

So, I need Linux to catch the signal from ESX of an impending snapshot, and
I need a way for Linux to trigger those pre- and post- command scripts.
That is my goal.

On Friday, February 28, 2014, Michael Prix <mp AT rs6000.darktech DOT org> 
wrote:

> Nick,
>
> if you don't have a TDP for the app, you can still use the
> PRESCHEDCOMMAND and POSTSCHEDCOMMAND options of the B/A-client.
>
> if you have a VM, the VMware-API gives you a similar hook:
> **/usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script
> /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
>
> Michael Prix
>
> On 02/28/2014 03:14 PM, Nick Laflamme wrote:
> > I apologize for introducing a tangent, but I need some help defining a
> > problem.
> >
> > Those of us who have studied (or used!) TSM for VE know that the TDP for
> > SQL Server can receive a signal from Windows Server that something is
> about
> > to take a backup. The same signal should trigger any pending writes
> before
> > something takes a snapshot and then backs up a restorable disk image.
> >
> > Are there similar signals (which might not be the right word) in Linux or
> > various UNIX systems? Assuming a lack of support from an application
> > vendor, I'd want at least to fire off a script upon receiving that signal
> > to use existing commands to "freeze" the app,
> >
> > Are there better idioms I should use with my Linux/UNIX gurus, or is this
> > simply not an option yet?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
>