Re: Automatic Backups
Hadley (thadley@chiron) wrote:
: Does anybody know how to perform a complete backup from the shell prompt.
: I want to do automatic backups and I don't know how to force the return
: after the prompt for the insertion of the backup tape.
:
: Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Here is our script that we use. Hope it helps:
# This script is to backup the entire informix database system
# It is intended for use from crontab
# It should only be used if the entire backup will fit on a single tape
INFORMIXDIR=/home/informix
INFORMIXSERVER=asl7
export INFORMIXDIR INFORMIXSERVERmt -f /dev/rmt/0 status
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo "No Tape in tape unit!"
exit 1
fi
sleep 30
if /local/bin/newer /admin/.lastlogin /admin/.lastbu
then
echo `date`
$INFORMIXDIR/bin/ontape -s -L 0 <<-EOI
EOI
echo `date`
touch /admin/.lastbu
else
mail sysadm <<-EOM
No Backup Performed!
No sysadm login since last backup - assuming tape not changed.
EOM
fi
mt -f /dev/rmt/0 unload
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