cron&make_tape_recovery&redirect to afile

[Cem Tugrul]

hi Gurusd,
i want to run with the command " make_tape_recovery -Av " from cron every 2 weks in a month so when this command runs also
want to generate a log file year_month_date_systemname.log at the same time to check what make_tape_recovery did..so i have written a script and put it to cron below
#!/usr/bin/ksh
sys_name=`hostname`
log_file=`date +"%y_%d_%m"
./opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery|tee -a /tmp/$sysname$log_file.log
so norrmally script run on time and make_tape_recovery start but can not create the log file in /tmp directory...
only i see a file name .log and size=0

Please share your precious suggestions..
Greetings,

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Check this link.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=469277

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

A complete logfile with all the details you need is located in /var/opt/ignite/recovery/latest/recovery.log so all you need to do is copy that log someplace else if you need a history. make_tape_recovery doesn't work well with stdout and stderr redirects--there are some items that are missing, but are included in the above logfile. NOTE: The directory /var/opt/ignite/recovery/ contains the last 2 backup file history. The 'latest' directory is actually a symbolic link that will always point to the latest backup.

I'm concerned about your options though. Have you tried one of your Ignite tapes on a test machine? I would reommend using:

make_tape_recovery -I -v -x inc_entire=vg00 -a /dev/rmt/some-tape

You may also want to add -d "$(hostname) VG00 backup" and -t "Ignite backup for $(hostname) on $(date)" for complete documentation. In my Ignite backup script, I also test for a real tape (hint: mt -f /dev/rmt/some-tape status) and whether it is write-enabled (same command). i also test for a successful exit code, but this too is tricky. It will produce a non-zero exit if you exclude anything (including /cdrom for example) and will also complain if anything in /etc/fstab is not mounted. I modify fstab temporarily to remove the mountpoint for /cdrom (it uses the noauto option so it doesn't mount on reboot). And I email the result to the sysadmin mailbox when it runs.

After describing all this, maybe it would be easier just to look at the enclosed script.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Is this an exact copy-paste of your script?.

If so, there are syntax errors in your script.

log_file=`date +"%y_%d_%m"

Will give out errors as there is no closing 'tick'. It should have been

log_file=`date +"%y_%d_%m"`

The next line


./opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery|tee -a /tmp/$sysname$log_file.log

This should have been

./opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery|tee -a /tmp/${sys_name}${log_file}.log

as you used sys_name not sysname.

Since you are runnign it through cron, you may not want 'tee' in there. I would do

/opt/ignite/bin/make_tape_recovery -v -I -x inc_entire=vg00 -x exclude=/var/adm/crash -a /dev/rmt/0mn > /tmp/${sys_name}${log_file}.log 2>&1

to capture the standard error also.


-Sri