On 1/9/2007 6:22 AM, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Whelan, Patrick wrote:
>> Look at bpstart_notify and bpend_notify examples in 
>> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies.
> 
> Thanks a lot. This seems to be very much what I'm looking for.
> 
> Some questions, though. How do I "install" this script? Do I
> need to copy it to some special directory?

Copy it it to /usr/openv/netbackup/bin (I'm going from memory here - try 
it with a simple one-liner to touch a file and you can test it).

> In the comments it says:
> 
> # This script is called by NetBackup when bpbkar is started up on the client
> # to do a backup or archive.
> 
> Suppose I've got 2 directories in a Backup Selection. Will this script
> be started twice? If so, can I somehow find out which directory is
> going to be backed up?

It will get called for every stream.  In NetBackup 6.0, some of the 
stuff around this changed - I think you can now test for the start/end 
of the parent job, not just the children.

Be *very* careful with the start/exit scripts - there are timeout limits 
  that could trigger if you have a long-running script.

There are definitely cases where the exit script will not run.  Do not 
use it to stop/start databases if you're running multiple streams, 
especially with NBU 4.x or 5.x.  It is supposed to work better with 6.0, 
but we haven't tested it.

        .../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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