RE: Automatic Backup

Sky Southwell <SOUTHWEL@smtpgw.maricopa.gov> wrote: >>> 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. So, do you "preprocess" the tapes in the brick by executing the DEFINE/VOLUME command manually prior to the auto-backup script? This command cannot be run as IMMEDIATE/AUTOVOP and requires a carraige return from within ON-Archive. I am interested in your script - please email it to me directly. And thank you for your reply. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Craig | dbINTELLECT Technologies, Inc. Senior Consultant | Golden, CO | (303) 275-6954 ext. 8008 | email: settler@dbintellect.com | fax: (303) 275-2134 -------------------------------------------------------------------