From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Eric J >I'm at the point where I've tested backing up the SYSTEM STATE >with NTBACKUP, having TSM backup the drives and exclude the >SYSTEM OBJECT, then rebuild the system, restore with TSM and >use NTBACKUP to restore the SYSTEM STATE. I have a batch >file to kick off NTBACKUP for the SYSTEM STATE backup and want >to use the "preschedulecmd" to run this before TSM scans for >changed files and does the scheduled backup. I need to make >sure the batch file completes before TSM does the backup. >Would there be any situation that TSM might start backing up >before the prescheduledcmd completes?
A PRESCHEDCMD batch file must complete successfully (with RC=0) before the backup will happen; if a non-zero return code comes up, or the batch file hangs for any reason, the backup will not happen. What some have had better luck with is running the NTBACKUP batch file as a POSTSCHEDCMD. If the NTBACKUP hangs or fails (which happens once in a while), using POSTSCHEDCMD will not prevent the backup from completing. Yeah, the NTBACKUP results are 24 hours old when they get backed up, but does your system state change that frequently? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Berbee Information Networks Office 262.521.5627
