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Pre- and post- exec commands on unix systems – HP B6960-90078 User Manual

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Backup

Pre- and Post-Exec Commands

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✓ Time-out is provided. If no message is received within the specified

time-out in seconds, the session is aborted.

✓ You can disable a

pre-

and

post-exec

script by adding the line

OB2OEXECOFF=1

in the

omnirc

file on any client.

✓ You can secure the client by specifying which Cell Managers are

allowed to access the client. Only permitted Cell Managers will be
able to execute

pre-

and

post-exec

commands on the client. For

more information on securing a client, refer to the HP OpenView
Storage Data Protector Installation and Licensing Guide
.

Pre- and Post- Exec Commands on UNIX Systems

This section describes how to implement

pre-

and

post-exec

commands

on UNIX Cell Managers and clients.

How to Write the
Commands

Pre-

and

post-exec

commands can be written as shell scripts.

See Appendix, “Examples of Pre-Exec and Post-Exec Commands for
UNIX,” on page A-20.

Pre- and Post-Exec Commands for a Backup Specification

Pre-

and

post-exec

commands for a backup session are started before

and after the backup session, respectively. These commands are usually
executed on the Cell Manager, but you can choose another system as
well.

Where to Locate
the Commands

Pre-

and

post-exec

commands for backup specifications on UNIX

systems are started by the backup session owner, unless the backup
session owner has the

Back up as root

permission and the commands

are then started under root.

On a UNIX Cell Manager, the

exec

commands for backup specifications

can reside in any directory, but the full pathname must be specified when
defining the backup specification.

On a remote UNIX client the

exec

commands for backup specifications

must be located as follows:

• Solaris 7/8, HP-UX:

/opt/omni/lbin

• Solaris 2.6, other UNIX systems:

/usr/omni/bin

In this case, the command filename can be specified without the path.