jon0881 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hi all, I am a definate newbie here and have only managed to build some install and config scripts so far. I was thinking it would be great to write something to have on a helpdesk persons PC to monitor the state of the backups. I know there is a veritas product that can to this but i thought it would be quite cool to have some scripting stuff to do it for you and the heldesk person would easily see if the job failed, maybe with some traffic lights, green for good, red for bad. Does anyone think this is possible? If so i will look into it. I was thinking of using the pre backup and post backup commands in backup exec. Best wishes Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blademonkey Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Hi all,I am a definate newbie here and have only managed to build some install and config scripts so far. I was thinking it would be great to write something to have on a helpdesk persons PC to monitor the state of the backups. I know there is a veritas product that can to this but i thought it would be quite cool to have some scripting stuff to do it for you and the heldesk person would easily see if the job failed, maybe with some traffic lights, green for good, red for bad. Does anyone think this is possible? If so i will look into it. I was thinking of using the pre backup and post backup commands in backup exec.Best wishesJonwhat backup software are you using?Veritas Netbackup has those features built in. you may want to look into NetIQ. ---"Educate the Mind, Make Savage the Body" -Mao Tse Tung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BinaryVision Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) You can also setup automatic email notifications sent to whichever users you need within Veritas. The email will indicate whether the job succeeded or failed. e.g. The Backup Job Succeeded (Server: "xxxxxxx") Job "Restore 0354" completed successfully. You can also have the emails sent with the job's log as an attachment. Hope that helps! Edited January 13, 2006 by BinaryVision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon0881 Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks very much..... I know all that exists in Backup Exec already but i just wanted to design something cool to work with it. I guess if its not broke dont fix it. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blademonkey Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks very much..... I know all that exists in Backup Exec already but i just wanted to design something cool to work with it. I guess if its not broke dont fix it.Thanks againunless you make it better, otherwise you're not "fixing" anything.{= D ---"Educate the Mind, Make Savage the Body" -Mao Tse Tung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seandisanti Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks very much..... I know all that exists in Backup Exec already but i just wanted to design something cool to work with it. I guess if its not broke dont fix it.Thanks againi dunno, i don't really subscribe to that school of thought. If i can make something myself rather than using someone else's stuff, i prefer to do it myself. Mostly it's for the experience and the knowledge gained, but that's just my $.02. What you want to do is very possible. Before anyone could offer you any code to do what you want though, you should paint us a better picture, what is performing the backup, how often would you really need to check the status, where is the source data vs. the backup (to compare file sizes) does your backup program create a log saying whether it finished successfully, etc etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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