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Marc Levy wrote:
> Ryan Novosielski <novosirj <at> umdnj.edu> writes:
>
>>
>> Ralf Gross wrote:
>>> Ryan Novosielski schrieb:
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>>>> Ralf Gross wrote:
>>>>> Ryan Novosielski schrieb:
>>>>>> Could someone tell me where I'm going wrong here? Here is my line that
>>>>>> I've added to the config files, stolen directly from those who know what
>>>>>> they're doing:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alert Command = "sh -c '/opt/csw/sbin/smartctl -H -l error %c'"
>>>>> Try something like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Alert Command = "sh -c 'smartctl -H -d scsi -l error %c'"
>>>> I'll certainly give it a shot, but doesn't it look like the %c is never
>>>> getting expanded to anything? Does anyone know where in the manual these
>>>> % variables are discussed?
>>> It's in 'CHAPTER 28. AUTOCHANGER SUPPORT'
>>> ...
>>> %c = changer device name
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Of course you can use the device path instead of %c.
>> I don't have an autochanger. Would that mean I'd have to type the path
>> in manually, or use a different variable?
>>
> You've got to solutions:
> 1/ The answer is in the manual too:
> 'Chapter 14: Alert Command' (bottom of page 228 of bacula.pdf v2.0.3):
> "you will need to specify a Changer Device directive in your Device resource
> (...) so that the generic SCSI device name can be edited into the command
> (with
> the %c)."
>
> 2/ The second one, more elegant, as you do not have to define a ChangerDevice=
> directive for a device that is not an autochanger, is to modify the
> AlertCommand= and replace the '%c' with '%a' that is the subtitution for the
> archive device name (as stated in the manual (chapter 28.5 bottom of page 409
> and other places as well). This way Bacula will substitute '%a' with the
> actual
> value of the ArchiveDevice= directive in your SD.conf file before it is sent
> to
> the OS for execution.
Thanks for the ideas -- I should have looked there in the manual, but I
didn't expect the "Alert Command" to have such an elaborate description
in the manual -- I suppose that will teach me to underestimate it. ;)
Thanks to all of those that responded -- hopefully this will make things
a little easier, too, for those that search the list archives for an answer.
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