Windows master:

IF allow retries after run day is checked using calendar based schedules
then The backups can start again after the start window closes,  that's
what happens here anyway with 4.5(mp6) 2003 Windows master / media
servers.

It would be nice if we could setup a END TIME that kills the backups if
they are still running after a certain time, like 8am?

Thanks
Eric Ljungblad

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of David Rock
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:04 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] only allow the backup to run in the backup
window

* hsuj AT optonline DOT net <hsuj AT optonline DOT net> [2005-08-13 10:55]:
> I wanted to restrict the backup to be started or restarted in the
> backup time window defined in NetBackup policy. When it is out of the
> time window, the startup/restart is not allowed.
> 
> to achieve that, I am thinking if there is NetBackup parameter feeding
> in bpstart_notify script, and thus we can add a logic in the script to
> see if the time is out of the backup window or not, if it is, then
> exit from the script.

You are overthinking it. This is what NetBackup's schedule windows do
already. They define the time that a backup is allowed to start. So, if
your window is from 01:00 to 04:00, if the backup tries to run at 05:00,
it will fail with a 196. No bpstart_notify logic is necessary.

-- 
David Rock
david AT graniteweb DOT com