No idea, since I'm a UNIX admin with no Windows clients or servers.
Sorry.

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Dan

SC wrote:

> how can i do this on a windows system??
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter DrakeUnderkoffler" <pcd AT xinupro DOT com>
> To: "Dan Logcher" <dlogcher AT MIT DOT EDU>
> Cc: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] automate NBU to run a program
> 
> 
> 
>>Dan Logcher wrote:
>>
>>
>>>SC wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>i find that bpend_notify runs everytime it finishes a backup stream.
>>>>i have 3 in the schedule and my program was executed 3 times.
>>>>
>>>>how can i configure it to run only once at the end of the last backup?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I want to do the same thing, so I've decided to write the start and end
>>>notify to create lockfiles for each stream and remove them on
>>>
> completion.
> 
>>>At which point the end script can check for any outstanding locks and
>>>
> run
> 
>>>the all_done script if none exist for the particular backup.
>>>
>>>Has anyone tried this already?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes,  don't use files as locks since they are not atomic.  You have no
>>control over which
>>stream is running when and in what order.  Using "touch" or something else
>>to create a lock file, both could happen at the same time.  I use
>>"mkdir" and it's
>>success status instead.  You still need to take into account cleanup in
>>
> the
> 
>>event of a job cancelation.  Veritas has made very little effort to make
>>this capability easily attainable.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Peter
>>
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