On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 05:22:24AM -0800, mbrown27 wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Is there a process that I can track on Solaris 10 to monitor the runtime of 
> the networker backup?

What version of networker?

> I tried monitoring the "savegrp" process but it only seems to last for
> a second.

I'm not using 10, but 'savegrp' should be persistent during a normal
group backup (not during user-initiated backups).

> Does this process kick off and then run remotely to the backup server
> hence leaving no actual process on the server its backing up?
>
> I want be able to monitor when the backup starts and finishes (i can
> get the start time from the backup team).

You can also query the server for the group status via nsradmin.

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