Re: kinda OT: veritas netbackup

Joe,

Did you read my earlier post on using bparchive/bpbackup commands and the bpend_notify script?

I hate to tell you to RTFM, but ... ;)

Jared

On Wednesday 25 December 2002 17:18, Joe Testa wrote:
> Kevin, i think thats exactly what we're going to end up doing.
>
> thanks for the verification.
>
> joe
>
> Kevin Lange wrote:
> > How about running a script just before the backup that
> > 1) Reads the current log number.
> > 2) Forces a log switch.
> > 3) Copies the logs to a seperate directory.
> > 4) Backups up that seperate directory
> >
> > Leave the archive directory alone. Do not back it up.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* JOE TESTA [mailto:JTESTA_at_longaberger.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:50 AM
> > *To:* Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > *Subject:* kinda OT: veritas netbackup
> >
> > RESEND: never saw it get posted:
> >
> > Can we force veritas netbackup (HPUX) to NOT backup open files?
> >
> > Here is the problem: while arch process is writing out archive
> > logs, the netbackup script that backs up the arch directory will
> > write a partially written log to tape, we're trying to avoid that.
> >
> > is our only alternative determine(out of data dictionary) how many
> > log groups we have and assuming 3, that if we take the max log
> > seq# minus the numebr of groups we have, gives us the oldest log
> > that we can be sure is complete?
> >
> > ie: current log is 543, we have 3 log groups, 543-3 = 540, since
> > oracle wouldnt start overwriting # 540 until it was successfully
> > archived, that we can back up, up thru log seq# 540 and can be
> > sure # 540 is complete?
> >
> > thanks, joe

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