Thanks to everyone for all of the responses on this.
I was under the impression that while the backup was going on, no one
could be on the system and no jobs should be running? Is that true?
Also, is there a way to temporarily suspend scheduled jobs? And then
put them back going again?
And once a job has been streamed, how exactly to I change it?
ALTERJOB? This system is unlike anything else I have had to
administer, I feel like a duck very much out of water.
Again, thanks for all the help,
Patrick
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:51:13 -0800, Dave Powell, MMfab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One easy way is to add a line like
> :tell manager.sys Backup job is done
> You would have to change who you tell depending on how you log on. It gets
> uglier if you are not always logged on the same way or if others log on the
> same way(s) as you. Also, if the backup job hangs or dies, you get no
> message. It helps a bit if you also tell yourself when it starts, so at least
> you know roughly when to expect the 'done' message.
>
> Once you think it is running, try
> :showjob job=@j;exec
>
> My favorite way to track crucial jobs here is to have them write timestamped
> start and finish lines to small circular files, so I can always see the time
> and results of the last few times the job ran just by viewing the file.
> (Circular files means they don't grow forever and you don't have to clean them
> out). Since HP's backup and verify programs sets variables for files
> backed-up, verified, etc, you can have the 'finish' line tell you how well it
> did.
>
> This can be tricky to code yourself, but when I have time I can post some
> command-files that make it easy. When I have a little more time, I may post
> an actual working example of a backup job doing this. Right now, our backup
> job does not have this kind of logging, but it has been on my low-pri to-do
> list for a while.
>
> If anyone actually want to see any of this, the priority will rise.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Burleson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 14:32
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Fwd: [HP3000-L] Questions about devices
>
> <snip>
> >
> > One of my challenges is I don't have physical access to this machine
> > or its console, so when I do kickoff the back, I don't really know how
> > I am going to be able to tell it's done. (Another program we have is
> > actually going to start it). Might there be a way via either
> > processes or jobs that I can tell when it's done? Where might I look
> > for errors if they occur?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Patrick Burleson" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:13 PM
> > > Subject: [HP3000-L] Questions about devices
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm still getting my feet wet with my first ever experience with MPE
> > > > and I was wondering how I find out what sorts of devices are connected
> > > > to the machine? More specifically, tape devices. I'm about to try and
> > > > run a backup for the first time and I'm a little worried about knowing
> > > > my tape is going to be there.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Patrick
> > > >
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