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ferrantepunto
02-25-2003, 07:40 AM
Hi there,

I´m trying to setup a Domino server under RH8 to stop and start automatically to allow the Unix agent of Veritas Backup Exec to perform daily backups.

The script that we are using to stop and start Domino server was obtained from the Red Books section of IBM´s web site. It is having a strange behaviour because sometimes the server stops (via cron), the backup runs perfectly, but the server won´ t restart (via another cron job). Sometimes, the server stops, and the backup is done with errors (some related to open databases and stuff), then it fails to restart. The only solution here is to reboot the server. I had configured this script to act as a service, but when I issue the command "service domino start" or "stop", sometimes works and sometimes not.

Any ideas of how to solve this and how to kill all the Domino process to avoid backup failure?

Cheers.

mdwatts
02-25-2003, 08:21 AM
One of my side projects at work I've been working on the last week is to get Domino 6 to run on a unsupported OS (Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1). Having a bit of problems with the Java installation though. Will get it working eventually.

I guess we would need to see the contents of the scripts before we could offer any suggestions or post the link to the Red Book.

Does Veritas Backup Exec have the ability to stop/start services (running scripts) before backing up? Perhaps the Veritas site has some docs/faq's on this.