[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference noted::ultrix

Title:Volume 4, Take a RISC with ULTRIX
Notice:Read 1.*!!!! No OSF/1 questions allowed!
Moderator:SSDEVO::ROLLOW
Created:Wed Jun 05 1991
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5478
Total number of notes:14927

5457.0. "Dump from the crontab" by LATINA::PEDROA (MCS Madrid) Fri Jan 24 1997 09:53


	Hi all,

	  I have a customer that want to run the dump from the cron in
   a DECsystem 5000/240 with Ultrix 4.3A. The problem is that the dump is
   multivolumen and, 

	How is possible to answer "yes" to the process dump after
  	change the tape?
	Is there other way to start the dump controler by time?
	

   Thanks in advance.
   Pedro.
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
5457.1NABETH::alanDr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.Fri Jan 24 1997 13:1220
	Without extra software you can't run dump from cron if you
	know that dump is going to prompt for another tape.  It may
	be possible to find a program that can run dump and answer
	the prompts, but how is it going to change tapes?

	Dump was designed to be interactive.  If it needs a tape
	change, you really need a person sitting there to change
	tapes.  But, if you're using one of the sequential loaders
	supported by ULTRIX, dump should be able to change tapes.
	Unfortunately, I think is list is limited to the TA9x family.
	Later versions may have extended the support to anything that
	has the loader bit set in the devio(4) data structure, but
	I've never tried it and don't have source after V4.2 to look.

	I've heard of a program called "expect" that runs programs
	may be able to answer prompts.  If you can figure out a way
	to changes without an operator present, it may provide the
	function you desire.  Otherwise a tape drive that has a
	larger capacity than the file systems you want to backup.
	I use a TZ87N on my V4.4 system.