RE: Automatic Backups -Reply

>>> Jeff Craig <settler@hobbes.dbintellect.com> 10/29/96 08:26am >>> >>> wrote: >This is all well and good for a command-line execution of ontape, but does anybody have >any ideas on how to do this with ON-Archive? Well, depending on how complex you wish to get, this is easily accomplished with On-Archive. EASY: Load the tape before you leave and build a shell script to run the archive with the AUTOVOP and IMMEDIATE flags. Then have cron kick off the script, which will have a command similar to the following: (The AUTOVOP and IMMEDIATE compination require that the tape be in a ready state) onarchive "ARCHIVE/LEVEL=0/DBSPACESET=*/VSET=Monday_Arc/AUTOVOP/IMMEDIATE/EXPIRY_DATE=13" (LEVEL, DBSPACESET, VSET, and EXPIRY_DATE values are your choice) MORE COMPLEX: If you don't want to mess at all with tapes for a few days, and you have an autoloader (and do not yet have access to OnBar), you can write a slightly more complex shell script to automatically load / unload, read labels, and generally act as your operator. If interested, I'll E-Mail my script. I have a 6-tape autoloader (4GB tapes, more with H/W or S/W compression) and swap the 'brick' once a week. Of course, you need to check the status and verify that the Archive actually executes.