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luisvidal
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14 years ago
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Pre and Post backup scripts

Hi all,

 

Running NBU 7.1.0.2 on SLES 10, and I have a few Solaris 9 servers that need to stop services (bring down DBs) in order to run backups, and--of course--bring them backup after backups are done.

 

What the best way to do this?

 

Is it using bpstart_notify and bpend_notify?

 

thanks for the help!

 

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  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    14 years ago

    Remember if you use bpstart_notify and bpend_notify (which is a nice easy way of doing things to be honest) then they have a default timeout of 5 minutes

    If what they do has not complted by then the backup will fail

    You can change these timeouts in the host properties or via the bp.conf:

    BPSTART_TIMEOUT =
    BPEND_TIMEOUT =
     

    If what you want to do is simple and straight forward then these would be the way to go but ensure what ever you run does close to prevent the timeouts

    Hope this helps

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    14 years ago

    But I prefer the online agent. If those DB's are Oracle consider using RMAN to dump the database to local disk and the backup the dump(s). This way you avoid taking a database down during working hours, if backup is behind schedule (and that happens from time to time).

  • luisvidal's avatar
    luisvidal
    Level 5
    14 years ago

    Thanks, Nicolai. No, there are not Oracle. There are in-house apps that need to be brought down before the backup, and up after it is done.

  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    Level 6
    14 years ago

    Remember if you use bpstart_notify and bpend_notify (which is a nice easy way of doing things to be honest) then they have a default timeout of 5 minutes

    If what they do has not complted by then the backup will fail

    You can change these timeouts in the host properties or via the bp.conf:

    BPSTART_TIMEOUT =
    BPEND_TIMEOUT =
     

    If what you want to do is simple and straight forward then these would be the way to go but ensure what ever you run does close to prevent the timeouts

    Hope this helps