Crontab/Backups

From: <Lisa.Morris_at_victorreinz.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:16:58 -0500

I am using crontab to schedule my backups:

00 21 * * 1 /usr/local/backup.com
00 21 * * 2 /usr/local/backup_scratch1.com
00 21 * * 3 /usr/local/backup_scratch2.com
00 21 * * 4 /usr/local/backup_scratch3.com
00 21 * * 5 /usr/local/backup_scratch4.com

The backup_scratch*.com file looks like this:

/sbin/vdump -Duf /dev/rmt0m /usr/mountdir/scratch3
exit 0


Most of my backups take two tapes now, it will not ask me for another tape
- I get this error:

vdump: out of space and unable to prompt input for a new tape: [25] Not a
typewriter.

Is there some parameter that I am missing?? When I run the backups
manually, I will get the message to mount another tape and when I mount
another one the backup continues. It is just when backups run with
crontab.

Thanks for all your help.
Lisa Morris
Received on Mon Sep 24 2001 - 13:18:00 NZST

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