Re: backup and archive

Ian Goddard wrote: > > Jane Johnson wrote: > >Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 14:15:05 -0800 > > > >We are trying to use one tape drive for the archive and the log backup. > >we wrote a script to do the backup log first, when this is done, do the > >archive. The probelm is that when to swap the tape from log tape to > >archive tape without physically checking to see if the log backup has > >finished (the light goes off when the backup finishes). It seems that > >the > >backup runs in the background, so we can't see the log backup status > >from the terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! > > I'm not sure what the problem is. You have to be physically present at > the tape drive to swap the tape so why not wait until the light goes > out? > > You mention that the backup runs "in the background". Doea this mean > that you are using the "continuous" backup mode? If so, kill the backup > before starting the archive. This will write the current log to the > tape. When this has been completed you can change to the archive tape > and then restart log backups after the archive has finished. The only > requirement is that you should have sufficient logical log space to > ensure that it won't fill up whilst your archive is running. > > Does this answer your question or have I missed something? > > Ian Just can't you see if the tape device is in use ? With 'fuser' for example ? -- Valery Fouques valou@hotmail.com SYSADM GOSPORT-FRANCE /\\oO/\\ _ __/| \\`O.o' "355/113 -- Not the famous irrational =(_ _)= number PI, but an incredible simulation!" U