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Setting Up an Automated Database Backup
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Appendix E
Setting Up an Automated Database Backup
Overview
Introduction
Cisco engineers have developed a UNIX cron script, called noinputDbBackup, which
allows system operators to automate the nightly backup of their Informix database.
Note: A cron script is an automated process that operates at predefined time
Note: A cron script is an automated process that operates at predefined time
intervals. You may sometimes hear a cron script referred to as a cron job.
The noinputDbBackup script uses a modified version of the existing dncsDbBackup
The noinputDbBackup script uses a modified version of the existing dncsDbBackup
script to back up the Informix database with no user input. System messages
pertaining to the execution of the noinputDbBackup script are written to a logfile in
the /dvs/backups directory. The format of the logfile is
noinputDbBackup.[DATE]_[TIME], where [DATE] and [TIME] refer to the date and
the time the system executed the noinputDbBackup script.
To configure your system to execute the noinputDbBackup script, add an entry to
To configure your system to execute the noinputDbBackup script, add an entry to
the crontab on the DNCS. Use the instructions in this appendix to configure your
system to execute the noinputDbBackup script.
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