It's completely ok to run it from cron.  Just be aware that any backups 
in progress will not be recoverable from that catalogue backup.

~JK

Snodgrass, John wrote:
> Is it OK to run the NetBackup image catalogs backups from a cron job?  The
> only options on the xbpadm configuration screen do not fit my current
> schedules very well.  I have about 35 classes that run on a given night and
> over the weekends.  I've had problems where backups get delayed for 30-45
> minutes waiting for the bpbackupdb job to complete after other classes had
> completed and it started automatically.
> 
> As my catalogs have gotten larger, the situation is getting worse.  The
> catalog backups are taking longer and longer to run.  It still fits on one
> tape, so I have not had to deal with that situation as described in the
> system admin manual.  The only thing I can find about running it from the
> command line is the description of the command itself.  I'd like to manually
> schedule the catalog backups for a time that I know the system is idle.
> Other then having to manually run the job everyday, the best option I can
> come up with is to run it from the command line with a cron job.  I  plan to
> leave the configuration in xbpadm as is to make the process as simple as
> possible.  I've manually run a test, and it appears to work fine.  Anyone
> else doing/done this that would care to comment on their experiences pro or
> con.
> 
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> Siemens ICN
> Lake Mary, FL
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