DRD Sync to update inactive disk

[Sridhar]

Hi All

     I would like to place a script in the cron to update the DRD clone inactive disk on weekly basis.. Please confirm whether the command will perform this.

#drd sync -v -v

Also please share if you have any script to achive this..

[Patrick Wallek]

That should work.  The one change I would make is to combine the two '-v -v' into '-vv'.

You might also write a wrapper script that checks the return code of the command and notifies you if it succeeds or fails.

For example (not tested or checked for syntax):

#!/usr/bin/sh

LOGFILE=/var/tmp/drd-sync.log

drd sync -vv > ${LOGFILE} 2>&1

RETCODE=$?

if (( ${RETCODE} != 0 )) ; then

   mailx -s "DRD SYNC FAILED" you@yourdomain.com < ${LOGFILE}

else

   mailx -s "DRD SYNC SUCCEEDED" you@yourdomain.com < ${LOGFILE}

fi

[Chirag Parikh]

Hi Sridhar,

You can always have a preview option to check before actual execution. So you may set up a cronjob with -p option which will show the preview of actual execution. Then you may remove it and put the actual sync command in cron.

Thanks & Regards,

Chirag Parikh.