I think it would be cool if savegrp had a -s option (or there were a seperate
command that simply called the right nsradmin commands)  so that you could
start groups on a remote server. I can see lots of scripting possibilities.
Like the problem of kicking off one group after  another group  finishes.
Kicking off a group after some type of Database export or maintenence
procedure  is finished etc.
 
Brian Narkinsky
 
  

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Legato NetWorker discussion on behalf of Darren Dunham 
        Sent: Mon 9/26/2005 6:11 PM 
        To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU 
        Cc: 
        Subject: Re: [Networker] Running a backup from the networker client
        
        

        > Hello, 
        > We are currently running networker 7.2.  My goal is to initiate a
backup 
        > from a networker client machine.   Im wondering if there is a
command I can 
        > use that will also accept schedule, and directive options.  I am
looking 
        > at "save" but it dosent look like it will use a schedule for
running full, 
        > and incrmental backups.   Anyone have any ideas? 

        Well, the client doesn't really understand schedules, only levels.
And 
        it doesn't understand directives (at least not by name), the contents
of 
        the server-side directive are fed into to the save. 

        For non-fulls, you'd need to feed the save not only a level, but also
a 
        reference time for making the the "already saved" determination. 

        So you can either send a message up to the server to kick off a 
        savegroup (which would tie in schedule, previous successful backups,
and 
        directives), or you can make up your own and hand them off to the
local 
        save.  In any moderately complex environment, I'd try hard to get
that 
        messaging from the client to the server to work.  Appropriate 
        permissions for nsradmin might work, or perhaps automated ssh to
launch 
        a process... 

        -- 
        Darren Dunham
ddunham AT taos DOT com 
        Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS
http://www.taos.com/ 
        Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay
area 
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