Automate to do system backup

[Mousa55]

Hi,

Required your assistance in script enhancement, we have more then 100 HP servers and we manage the backup from ignite server. currently we are backing up manually doing make net recovery. we need to configure in each server in cron job after successfull backup or failure, mail should be sent to Admin group

Can any one suggest a smart script.

Thanks

[Dennis Handly]

Basically you take what you already have and check the exit status.  Do you have it in a script already?

You will have to add to your PATH to find make_net_recovery in cron.

#!/usr/bin/sh

...

make_net_recovery ...

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

   status="ignite backup failed"

else

   status="ignite backup succeeded"

fi

echo "$status" | mailx -s "make_net_recovery: $status" admin.group@def.com

Then you create your crontab entry to select the time of day and point to the script

30 00 * * * /path_to_script.sh

This does it everyday at 0030.

[Mousa55]

Hi,

No, i don't have any script before. i need a script to take backup automatically and send mail if backup success or failure or success with warning.

is this script ready to use ?

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#!/usr/bin/sh

...

make_net_recovery ...

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

   status="ignite backup failed

else

   status="ignite backup failed

fi

echo "$status" | mailx -s "make_net_recovery: $status" admin.group@def.com

Then you create your crontab entry to select the time of day and point to the script

30 00 * * * /path_to_script.sh

================

Thanks for your support

[James R. Ferguson]

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@Mousa55 wrote:

No, i don't have any script before. i need a script to take backup automatically and send mail if backup success or failure or success with warning.

is this script ready to use ?

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And yet your original post said you wanted a "script enhancement".  To me, that suggested that you already had *something*.   Then, after admitting that you don't you ask "is this script ready to use?" after Dennis offers a simple one.

What ever happened to *trying* something?  Do you want to learn to fish or to rely on others to feed you?

...JRF...

[Dennis Handly]

>is this script ready to use?

(Oops, I just corrected some syntax errors with status=.)

I assumed you already know the make_net_recovery command to plunk into the script fragment.  Also you need to augment your PATH to point to the command or use an absolute path.

And any variables you get out of ~/.profile will have to be done by sourcing it in your script.

And of course you need to customize the mail parts.