Hi - I could be wrong, but i believe one needs the cmd.exe "/c " option to 
execute another script or command ... I Know if i dont use it here, it won't 
run my second script...  interactively anyhow... :\ 


cheers,
James

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Denis
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:47 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Problems running pre/post cmds

Hello,

try to add a cmd.exe command before your script...

precmd: "c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe C:\\PHA_Scripts\\SuspendSourceOne.CMD";
and so on for the pstcmd...

Denis

----- "Michael Leone" <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV> a écrit :

> NW 7.5.2, Win2003 (server), Win2008 R2 (client).
> 
> I am trying to run a client backup that requires a pre-save command to
> 
> stop a database, and a post command to start the database services.
> Not
> unusual, right?
> 
> I created a file "Special Jobs Run.res" on my client's res folder 
> folder.
> Put this in there:
> 
> type: savepnpc;
> precmd: "C:\\PHA_Scripts\\SuspendSourceOne.CMD";
> pstcmd: "C:\\PHA_Scripts\\ResumeSourceOne.CMD";
> timeout: "12:00:00";
> abort precmd with group: No;
> 
> And the file "C:\PHA_Scripts\SuspendSourceOne.CMD" says:
> 
> ECHO "Job start - %DATE% %TIME%" >>"C:\PHA_Scripts\logs\Suspend.log"
> ECHO "Stopping Archive %TIME%" >>"C:\PHA_Scripts\logs\Suspend.log"
> Cscript C:\PHA_Scripts\ES1_NativeArchiveSuspend.vbs
> ECHO "Stopping Activity %TIME%" >>"C:\PHA_Scripts\logs\Suspend.log"
> Cscript C:\PHA_Scripts\ES1_ActivitySuspend.vbs
> 
> However, when running the job, the server reports:
> 
> 1 retry attempted
> 32476:savepnpc: Unable to run preclntsave for group Special Job Runs 
> successfully, see savepnpc.log for possible causes.
> 
> That log (on the client) says:
> 12/10/2010 1:53:57 PM preclntsave: Starting up the precmds.
> 12/10/2010 1:53:57 PM preclntsave: No commands specified to be run.
> 12/10/2010 1:54:03 PM preclntsave: Starting up the precmds.
> 12/10/2010 1:54:03 PM preclntsave: No commands specified to be run.
> 
> 
> And I have no idea why it thinks there are no commands specified to 
> run, since I clearly have "precmd:
> "C:\\PHA_Scripts\\SuspendSourceOne.CMD";" in the res file of the group 
> on the client. And it uses 2 slashes, as the
> 
> delimiters, as the Admin Guide requires. And I have explicitly 
> specified execution paths, since these types of jobs don't inherit 
> environments (I think I remembered that right). And the 
> "SuspendSourceOne.CMD" script
> 
> works perfectly from a normal command prompt. But it never seems to 
> execute when Networker runs the job.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> 
> --
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel:  215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
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