Yep, that is the point of the article to which I pointed the original poster.
Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 08/22/2007 08:23:23 AM: > Maybe being an ex-programmer, but you have no condition code > checking to make sure that the NET STOP/START commands completed > successfully. If you NET STOP's don't work, do you still want to run > the backup? Now if the last NET STOP command fails, then the > preschedulecmd will return with a non-zero completion code and the > backup will not run. Maybe something like this: > > REM StartStuff.cmd > > Set LASTCC=0 > Set MAXCC=0 > Set LOG_FILE=c:\some\path\StartStuff.log > Echo Script start at %date% %time% > %LOG_FILE% > > Echo Net stop "Update Services" >> %LOG_FILE% > Net stop "Update Services" >> %LOG_FILE% > Set LASTCC=%ERRORLEVEL% > If %LASTCC% EQU 0 goto stop2 > Set MAXCC=%LASTCC% > Echo Stop of the Update Services service failed with RC=%LASTCC% >> %LOG_FILE% > Goto endit > > :stop2 > Echo Net stop "World Wide Web Publishing Service" >> %LOG_FILE% > Net stop "World Wide Web Publishing Service" >> %LOG_FILE% > Set LASTCC=%ERRORLEVEL% > If %LASTCC% EQU 0 goto endit > Set MAXCC=%LASTCC% > Echo Stop of the World Wide Web Publishing Service failed with RC=% > LASTCC% >> %LOG_FILE% > Echo Net start "Update Services" >> %LOG_FILE% > Net start "Update Services" >> %LOG_FILE% > :endit > Echo Script completed at %date% %time% with RC=%MAXCC% >> %LOG_FILE% > Exit %MAXCC% > > > Now the script will complete with an appropriate return code and > give you all the messages in case you need to try and figure out > why it failed. > > Bill Boyer > "I haven't lost my mind...it's backed up on tape somewhere!" - ?? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andy Huebner > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:05 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: prescheduled postcheduled commands help > > In the dsm.opt file add: > PRESCHEDULECMD "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\StopStuff.bat" > POSTSCHEDULECMD "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient\StartStuff.bat" > Or > PRESCHEDULECMD c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\StopStuff.bat > POSTSCHEDULECMD c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\StartStuff.bat > > > > In the "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient" directory add: > > StartStuff.bat > Net start "Update Services" > Net start "World Wide Web Publishing Service" > > StopStuff.bat > Net stop "Update Services" > Net stop "World Wide Web Publishing Service" > > Run the backup normally. The batch has 5 minutes to complete. (I think) > > Test both batch files from the command line to make sure there are > not any dependencies. > > I know of no simpler way to stop and start services for a backup. > > Andy Huebner > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Clark > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:56 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] prescheduled postcheduled commands help > > Tim, > > It's defined just like your incremental sched, just set > action=command (default is incremental), then objects=<your script name> > > a q sched <sched name> f=d would show: > > Policy Domain Name: SPAIX > Schedule Name: STATBKTRACK-FULL > Description: The weekly full backup of selected tables on > STATDBMS using SQL-BACKTRACK > Action: Command > Options: > Objects: /home/sybase/dump/dbbkup.s > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/22/2007 11:44:15 AM >>> > Thanks Lawerence, > > I wasn't aware of that I had planned on putting the following > commands in the dsm.opt file. I have never defined a script > schedule before I am going to have to figure out the correct syntax > for this type of script. > feel free to give example > > Tim > > pre 'net stop "update service" ' > post 'start " update service" ' > pre 'net stop " World Wide Web Publishing Service" ' > post ' start " World Wide Web Publishing Service" ' > LANG AMENG > DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL > TCPSERVERADDRESS spf64.oit.state.nj.us > PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE > TCPCLIENTADDRESS 10.37.20.54 > NODENAME OITWSUS > subdir yes > replace prompt > tcpb 32 > tcpw 63 > SCHEDMODE PROMPTED > txnbytelimit 25600 > errorlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmerror.log > SCHEDlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmsched.log > errorlogretention 14 > schedlogretention 7 > tcpnodelay yes > resourceutilization 3 > LARGECOMMbuffers yes > CHANGINGRETRIES 2 > COMPRESSIon Yes > BACKUPREG YES > MANAGEDSERVICES WEBCLIENT SCHEDULE > > > > > > Lawrence Clark wrote: > > >where it is in the dsm.opt shouldn't matter, but since you want to > stop > >multiple processes and can only use one -preschedulecmd="my script"" > >you might want to think about defining a schedule that executes a > >script to stop your processes, does the incremental, then restarts > >them. > > > > > >Policy Domain Name: SPAIX > > Schedule Name: STATBKTRACK-FULL > > Description: The weekly full backup of selected > >tables on > > STATDBMS using SQL-BACKTRACK > > Action: Command > > Options: > > Objects: /home/sybase/dump/dbbkup.s > > > > > > > > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/22/2007 11:04:57 AM >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >Hello, > > > >I need to stop two services before the incremental backup runs then > >restart the services once the backup completes. I know about the > >prescheduled and postscheduled commands but have never used them. Where > >do I insert the commands in dsm.opt file for this to excute > >successfully? The following are the two services that need to be > >stopped then restarted once backup completes can someone tell me where > >I > would > >put in the dsm.opt file? > >The dsm.opt file is below also. > > > > > >1)Update Services > >2) World Wide Web Publishing Service > > > > > > > >Thanks in advance for any help! > > > >TSM 5.3 > >TSM 5.3.4 > >AIX 5.3 > > > > > > > >LANG AMENG > >DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL > >TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xx > >PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE > >TCPCLIENTADDRESS xx.xx.xx.xx > >NODENAME OFSWTUS1 > >subdir yes > >replace prompt > >tcpb 32 > >tcpw 63 > >SCHEDMODE PROMPTED > >txnbytelimit 25600 > >errorlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmerror.log > >SCHEDlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmsched.log > >errorlogretention 14 > >schedlogretention 7 > >tcpnodelay yes > >resourceutilization 3 > >LARGECOMMbuffers yes > >CHANGINGRETRIES 2 > >COMPRESSIon Yes > >BACKUPREG YES > >MANAGEDSERVICES WEBCLIENT SCHEDULE > > > > > >The information contained in this electronic message and any > attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the > addressee(s) and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged, and/or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. 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