What B/A client? :-) If I take my backups at the ESX level, I'm trying to do just an image backup, driven by ESX, not using some client in the virtual machine.
So, I need Linux to catch the signal from ESX of an impending snapshot, and I need a way for Linux to trigger those pre- and post- command scripts. That is my goal. On Friday, February 28, 2014, Michael Prix <m...@rs6000.darktech.org> wrote: > Nick, > > if you don't have a TDP for the app, you can still use the > PRESCHEDCOMMAND and POSTSCHEDCOMMAND options of the B/A-client. > > if you have a VM, the VMware-API gives you a similar hook: > **/usr/sbin/pre-freeze-script > /usr/sbin/post-thaw-script > > -- > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards > > Michael Prix > > On 02/28/2014 03:14 PM, Nick Laflamme wrote: > > I apologize for introducing a tangent, but I need some help defining a > > problem. > > > > Those of us who have studied (or used!) TSM for VE know that the TDP for > > SQL Server can receive a signal from Windows Server that something is > about > > to take a backup. The same signal should trigger any pending writes > before > > something takes a snapshot and then backs up a restorable disk image. > > > > Are there similar signals (which might not be the right word) in Linux or > > various UNIX systems? Assuming a lack of support from an application > > vendor, I'd want at least to fire off a script upon receiving that signal > > to use existing commands to "freeze" the app, > > > > Are there better idioms I should use with my Linux/UNIX gurus, or is this > > simply not an option yet? > > > > Thanks, > > Nick >
