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Moving backups to tape daily

Hello..

I scheduled database bakups to be created on disk with date format on daily basis.

I want to move these directories to tape safely.

Will the below script does this job well for me.
Please correct and advice if anything is missing.

# Backup logs are stored here
LOGBASE=/root/backup/log

# Get todays day like Mon, Tue and so on
TODAY=$(`date +%d%b`)

# Backup dirs; do not prefix /
BACKUP_ROOT_DIR="u04/Backup/Flash/rman_*_$TODAY"

# Tape device name
TAPE="/dev/IBMtape0"

# Exclude file
TAR_ARGS=""
EXCLUDE_CONF=/root/.backup.exclude.conf

# Backup Log file
LOGFIILE=$LOGBASE/$TODAY.backup.log

# Path to binaries
TAR=/bin/tar
MT=/bin/mt
MKDIR=/bin/mkdir

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Excluding files when using tar
# Create a file called $EXCLUDE_CONF using a text editor
# Add files matching patterns such as follows (regex allowed):
# home/vivek/iso
# home/vivek/*.cpp~
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ -f $EXCLUDE_CONF ] && TAR_ARGS="-X $EXCLUDE_CONF"

#### Custom functions #####
# Make a full backup
full_backup(){
local old=$(pwd)
cd /
$TAR $TAR_ARGS -cvzpf $TAPE $BACKUP_ROOT_DIR
$MT -f $TAPE rewind
$MT -f $TAPE offline
cd $old
}

# Make sure all dirs exits
verify_backup_dirs(){
local s=0
for d in $BACKUP_ROOT_DIR
do
if [ ! -d /$d ];
then
echo "Error : /$d directory does not exits!"
s=1
fi
done
# if not; just die
[ $s -eq 1 ] && exit 1
}

#### Main logic ####

# Make sure log dir exits
[ ! -d $LOGBASE ] && $MKDIR -p $LOGBASE

# Verify dirs
verify_backup_dirs

# Okay let us strat backup procedure
case $TODAY in
Sun|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat) full_backup;;
*) ;;
esac > $LOGFIILE 2>&1

Thanks $ Regards,

i get this when i run your date command:

Code:

date +%d%b

29Aug

so it will never equal sunday, monday, tuesday, ...

this mite be what you want:

Code:

date +%a

Wed

Hi ...

Thanks,
See the below backup directories for more info.
will the script understand the following command to pickup these backup directories ..?

# Backup dirs; do not prefix /
BACKUP_ROOT_DIR="u04/Backup/Flash/rman_*_$TODAY"

[oraprod@prod Flash]$ pwd
/u04/Backup/Flash
[oraprod@prod Flash]$ ls -lrt
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 oraprod dba 4096 Aug 26 00:45 rman_full_bkp_26Aug
drwxr-xr-x 2 oraprod dba 4096 Aug 28 00:50 rman_daily_incr_28Aug
drwxr-xr-x 2 oraprod dba 4096 Aug 29 00:45 rman_ctv_29Aug
drwxr-xr-x 2 oraprod dba 4096 Aug 30 00:46 rman_daily_incr_30Aug

Rgrds,
Shubha

Can anybody please suggest something..

Since it only has a function that targets full backup, does this imply that you're only after rman_full_bkp_* dirs?

As suggested by Schneidz, you should use this something like this instead:

Code:

case "$(date +%a)" in

Code:

TODAY=$(`date +%d%b`)

TODAY_DOTW=$(date +%a)

...

case "$TODAY_DOTW" in

...

It's a little confusing but this is how I could see things so far:

Code:

#!/bin/bash



# Backup logs are stored here



LOGBASE=/root/backup/log



# Get todays day like Mon, Tue and so on

TODAY=$(`date +%d%b`)

TODAY_DOTW=$(date +%a)



# Backup dirs; do not prefix /

BACKUP_ROOT_DIRS=(u04/Backup/Flash/rman_*_"$TODAY")



# Tape device name

TAPE="/dev/IBMtape0"



# Exclude file

TAR_ARGS=()

EXCLUDE_CONF=/root/.backup.exclude.conf



# Backup Log file

LOGFIILE=$LOGBASE/$TODAY.backup.log



# Path to binaries

TAR=/bin/tar

MT=/bin/mt

MKDIR=/bin/mkdir



# ------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Excluding files when using tar

# Create a file called $EXCLUDE_CONF using a text editor

# Add files matching patterns such as follows (regex allowed):

# home/vivek/iso

# home/vivek/*.cpp~

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ -f "$EXCLUDE_CONF" ] && TAR_ARGS=(-X "$EXCLUDE_CONF")



#### Custom functions #####

# Make a full backup

full_backup() {

        local old=$(pwd)

        cd /

        "$TAR" "${TAR_ARGS[@]}" -cvzpf "$TAPE" "$BACKUP_ROOT_DIRS" ## ????

        "$MT" -f "$TAPE" rewind

        "$MT" -f "$TAPE" offline

        cd "$old"

}





# Make sure all dirs exits

verify_backup_dirs() {

        local s=0

        for d in "${BACKUP_ROOT_DIRS[@]}"; do

                if [ ! -d "/$d" ]; then

                        echo "Error : /$d directory does not exits!"

                        s=1

                fi

        done

        # if not; just die

        [ "$s" -eq 1 ] && exit 1

}



#### Main logic ####



# Make sure log dir exits

[ ! -d "$LOGBASE" ] && "$MKDIR" -p "$LOGBASE"



# Verify dirs

verify_backup_dirs



# Okay let us strat backup procedure

case "$TODAY_DOTW" in

Sun|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)

        full_backup

        ;;

*)

        ;;

esac >"$LOGFIILE" 2>&1