On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 13:29:05 -0800, Lewis, Terry {Info~Palo Alto}
<TERRY.LEWIS AT ROCHE DOT COM> wrote:

>Balki,
>
>  I guess you could use savepnpc, but I'm not sure why you'd
>want to go that route.  Whatever Client savepnpc runs on
>would have to have administrative authority for the Server to
>use the nsrmm command, wouldn't it.  Anyway, since you
>know the start time of your backup, it should fairly simple
>to schedule execution beforehand of a command like this:
>
>mminfo -m -q 'savetime<now,!full,!volrecycle' | tail +2 |
awk '{print "nsrmm -o full -y " $1}' | sh -x
>
>This non-full, non-recyclables tapes created so far and
>marks them all as full volumes.  You probably need to
>alter the '-q' criteria for your own set-up.
>

As you pointed out, savepnpc is not a particularly good fit here. What has
been suggested is generally good, but I would suggest that the best way to
trigger any such script would be to create a notification to do this based
on the same conditions as the savegroup completion.

I would generally avoid doing this sort of thing, you often find that your
environment outgrows the situation, and a backup that just fits a DLT tape
now might take 1.01 DLT tapes in a few weeks time. Then you have to
redesign your solution from scratch.

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