VMS server backup check
Hi,
I want to check if my VMS backup is running fine and if the latest backup has been done.
What are the commands to check this.Any way to check automatically every day and inform me if any failure.Any mail
Regards
Sharath
I want to check if my VMS backup is running fine and if the latest backup has been done.
What are the commands to check this.Any way to check automatically every day and inform me if any failure.Any mail
Regards
Sharath
Razwer
it depends what you use to backup with, but you could make a cron job or something to email you the backup log using sendmail.
to further explain, on our AIX we just have our own handwritten script that makes a tar ball and puts it on an LTO 2 tape. When it's done, the log gets emailed to a group of users using sendmail.
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Can i have the script and the procedure how to implement it.
I will have to ask our AIX team, as we are in the financial sector we have certain security protocols so i am not sure if they will provide me the code. otherwise i will ask to put you in the right direction.
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reliability also depends on the tapedrive in question.
Most 9-track tapes and all DLT type tapes are written and immediate read back with a read after write
head. This way a tape unit can assert that data gets written to tape correctly. Backup can handle this kind of information and reschedule the data to be written again.
DAT tape units don't have such a read after write check, here a validation of written data can only be done using tape readback & compare. (and the data on the disks can change after a backup.....)
Most 9-track tapes and all DLT type tapes are written and immediate read back with a read after write
head. This way a tape unit can assert that data gets written to tape correctly. Backup can handle this kind of information and reschedule the data to be written again.
DAT tape units don't have such a read after write check, here a validation of written data can only be done using tape readback & compare. (and the data on the disks can change after a backup.....)