Re: Backup monkey?

From: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > >Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to use ontape in >conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests for additional >tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical logs as well. The way I understood him (which was probably wrong) was that he had multiple drives...? >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it > > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it write > > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same > > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, >too. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

He does have multiple drives, but want to use them 'consecutively', so he must be using ontape. We use a script that runs ontape, taking input from a file and redirecting the console output (mount requests) to a second file.. A script monitors the second file and performs an unlink and link to the next tape drive and then writes the appropriate response to the file that ontape is reading. I agree, OTC, that OnBar with ISM would be a reasonable solution. Doug "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8leph5$phc$1@news.xmission.com... > > From: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > > > >Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to use ontape in > >conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests for additional > >tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical logs as well. > > The way I understood him (which was probably wrong) was that he had multiple > drives...? > > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > > > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it > > > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it write > > > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same > > > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > > > > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, > >too. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

Do you think you can post a copy of the script so I can get a better idea of how to write it. Thanks for the help. p.s. i am a she not a he ;-) In article <5tXe5.2376$HA2.3408@news4.mco>, "Doug Agnew" <dagnew@charlottepipe.com> wrote: > He does have multiple drives, but want to use them 'consecutively', so he > must be using ontape. We use a script that runs ontape, taking input from a > file and redirecting the console output (mount requests) to a second file.. > A script monitors the second file and performs an unlink and link to the > next tape drive and then writes the appropriate response to the file that > ontape is reading. > > I agree, OTC, that OnBar with ISM would be a reasonable solution. > > Doug > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:8leph5$phc$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > From: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > > > > > >Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to use ontape in > > >conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests for additional > > >tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical logs as well. > > > > The way I understood him (which was probably wrong) was that he had > multiple > > drives...? > > > > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > > > > > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it > > > > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it > write > > > > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same > > > > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > > > > > > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, > > >too. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Sorry if this is a re-post, but my machine just froze not sure if it went through. Can you post an example of the script so I have a better idea of how to write it. Thanks for the help. p.s. i am a she not a he ;-) In article <5tXe5.2376$HA2.3408@news4.mco>, "Doug Agnew" <dagnew@charlottepipe.com> wrote: > He does have multiple drives, but want to use them 'consecutively', so he > must be using ontape. We use a script that runs ontape, taking input from a > file and redirecting the console output (mount requests) to a second file.. > A script monitors the second file and performs an unlink and link to the > next tape drive and then writes the appropriate response to the file that > ontape is reading. > > I agree, OTC, that OnBar with ISM would be a reasonable solution. > > Doug > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:8leph5$phc$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > From: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > > > > > >Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to use ontape in > > >conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests for additional > > >tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical logs as well. > > > > The way I understood him (which was probably wrong) was that he had > multiple > > drives...? > > > > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > > > > > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it > > > > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it > write > > > > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same > > > > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > > > > > > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, > > >too. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.