I just got in an e-mail from Han Pilmeyer.
Han informs me that there is a best practice related to this topic at
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/best_practices/BP_SNAPSHOT/TITLE.HTM
He also says that the process can get tricky because you have to know which HSG-80 is serving the data set and issue your commands to that HSG.
==== First Summary
I got 3 responses, all saying to check out "Command Scripter".
Thanks to:
Joe Carrico
Kris Chandrasekhar
Allen Carpenter
====== Orig. quistion
I need to create a HSG-80 based snapshot everyday for auditing purposes.
I'm familiar with the various ACS versions, and with using EVM to manage the snapshot process. (I have only created a snapshot via EVM, never manually, so the below may be way off base.)
I just priced EVM 2.0 and the management appliance it requires to run on. $25K.
That seems pretty expensive for what I assume can be done using cron and some kind of script.
At worst I assume I could connect a serial connection from the Alpha to the HSG-80 and use an Expect script to create the snapshot under cron's control, then mount it and start a separate instance of the database.
Is that logical, or is there a better way to automate this process. (I have a DBA that can figure out the database part. I just need to create and mount the snapshot.)
Thanks,
Greg Freemyer
Internet Engineer
Deployment and Integration Specialist
The Norcross Group
www.NorcrossGroup.com
Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 20:17:08 NZDT