How about this. The script run from cron looks like this:
rsh client command
amdump DailySet1;
Dave Heafey wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> that would work if amdump and "command" needed to run on the
> same system. In my configuration, amdump runs on the Amanda
> Server and "command" needs to run on an Amanda client.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:23:38 -0800
>
>
>> This would be fairly easy, all you need to do is modify the cron settings.
>>
>> one of two ways... either run a cron job to execute your Perforce checkpoint
>> program on a cron job x mins before the cron job for amanda happens knowing
>> that the perforce program takes x mins to complete (and of course some buffering
>> wouldn't hurt) and then have the cron job for amdump run after. Or, just make
>> your own shell script owned by user backup that can do both in the script for you
>> and then remove the amdump cron job and have the shell script do this for you.
>>
>> i.e.
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> # a shell script to execute command "command" before running the daily
>> # amanda dumps
>>
>> command ;
>>
>> amdump DailySet1;
>>
>>
>>
>> That should do it really, you could do more complex coding to error check if
>> you wanted, but that should do what you want, and of course, in the previous
>example,
>> you need bash on your solaris machine, or you modify it to work w/ csh (not much
>> difference if I remember csh...) and then replace command w/ whatever the command
>is that runs the
>> Perforce checkpoint program. Also you may have issues w/ needing to run the
>perforce
>> command as some other user than backup, in which case you may do better to use the
>cron
>> way mentioned first.
>>
>> Hopefully this is a lead in the right direction
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>> On Wed 13 Dec 2000 at 18:58:27 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> I have a source code control system (Perforce) running on a Solaris Amanda
>>> Client (2.4.1p1). Perforce has the ability to "checkpoint" its metadata in
>>> journal files, essentially taking a human-readable snapshot of the metadata
>>> at that particular. I'd like to do this checkpoint and then backup the
>>> checkpoint
>>> with as short an interval as possible between the 2.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to run a "pre-backup" script or command prior to Amanda
>>> starting the backup?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
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