We schedule the catalog backup through cron. But
before starting the catalog backup, I make sure no
backups/duplicates are running. Also you can stop the
bprd (bprdreq -terminate) and restart it after the
catalog backup is complete(initbprd)

Shyam

--- "Snodgrass, John" <John.Snodgrass AT icn.siemens DOT com>
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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> Lake Mary, FL
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