Oh, well then you could do a little wrapper program.
I am not 100% sure if this would work, but you could try it.
Rename amandad amandad.real, and then make a shell script called
amandad and have it invoke the command and then amandad... You may need to
add a duplicate entry in /etc/inetd.conf for amandad.real as well or some
such modifications. I am unsure though, maybe amandad on the server may just
fail immediately if it doesn't get the response it needs... I would try it
experimentally first in a safe environment.
On Wed 13 Dec 2000 at 21:45:58 -0500, you wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> that would work if amdump and "command" needed to run on the
> same system. In my configuration, amdump runs on the Amanda
> Server and "command" needs to run on an Amanda client.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Phil Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:23:38 -0800
>
> >This would be fairly easy, all you need to do is modify the cron settings.
> >
> >one of two ways... either run a cron job to execute your Perforce checkpoint
> >program on a cron job x mins before the cron job for amanda happens knowing
> >that the perforce program takes x mins to complete (and of course some buffering
> >wouldn't hurt) and then have the cron job for amdump run after. Or, just make
> >your own shell script owned by user backup that can do both in the script for you
> >and then remove the amdump cron job and have the shell script do this for you.
> >
> >i.e.
> >
> >#!/bin/bash
> ># a shell script to execute command "command" before running the daily
> ># amanda dumps
> >
> >command ;
> >
> >amdump DailySet1;
> >
> >
> >
> >That should do it really, you could do more complex coding to error check if
> >you wanted, but that should do what you want, and of course, in the previous
>example,
> >you need bash on your solaris machine, or you modify it to work w/ csh (not much
> >difference if I remember csh...) and then replace command w/ whatever the command
>is that runs the
> >Perforce checkpoint program. Also you may have issues w/ needing to run the
>perforce
> >command as some other user than backup, in which case you may do better to use the
>cron
> >way mentioned first.
> >
> >Hopefully this is a lead in the right direction
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >
> >On Wed 13 Dec 2000 at 18:58:27 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> I have a source code control system (Perforce) running on a Solaris Amanda
> >> Client (2.4.1p1). Perforce has the ability to "checkpoint" its metadata in
> >> journal files, essentially taking a human-readable snapshot of the metadata
> >> at that particular. I'd like to do this checkpoint and then backup the
> >> checkpoint
> >> with as short an interval as possible between the 2.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to run a "pre-backup" script or command prior to Amanda
> >> starting the backup?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dave
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
>
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