Re: How can you tell that ontape is running?

andy lennard wrote: > > Hi, > I have responsibility for a system that has no full-time DBA and I'd > like to put together a 'cron-ish' script to check whether the database > is happy. > > I was wondering if anyone can help me find out whether an 'ontape -c' > is actually doing anything? The system is Sun Solaris 2.6, with 7.23UC4. > > Firstly, when ontape is started it gives its 'Please mount tape and press > Return to continue ...' message. Unfortunately, it doesn't say 'Working' > after the Return, so either none or many Returns tend to get pressed. > > Secondly, I can't seem to determine from syssessions (or anywhere else) > the difference in the status of the ontape process between, > 1) waiting for Return, > 2) running happily, > 3) tape full and screaming for it to be changed. > > Is the only way to look at syslogs, and if more than 3 are full, guess > that there's a problem? YOU may be happier using the ALARMPROGRAM to backup your logical logs to disk using ontape -a and sweep them to tape periodically using another mechanism. See the series of postings on using this option over the last two or three weeks including some by me. Art S. Kagel