Dell Avamar for Oracle 19.10 User Guide

Running a preprocessing script before the backup

The Run user-defined script at beginning of backup field specifies a script that runs before the backup. Specifying a script in this field is equivalent to specifying a script with the run_at_start attribute.

1. From the Backup Command Line Options dialog box, select Show Advanced Options.
2. Type the name of the script in the Run user-defined script at beginning of backup field. This example uses Avamar.bat for the script:
   Avamar.bat
3. Type the following text after the name of the script:
   First Second
   First and Second correspond to the attributes and flags you pass to the script.
   The field now contains the following text:

   Avamar.bat First Second

   NOTE:To pass a third attribute and flag, you append Third to the text string.
4. Click More.
   The Enter Attribute and Enter Attribute Value fields appear.
5. Type the run_at_start_clause attribute in the Enter Attribute field:
   [avoracle]run_at_start_clause
   You precede all attributes with [avoracle].
6. Type the desc flag and value in the Enter Attribute Value field:
   desc=”Avamar Pre Script”
   Enclose the text string in quotation marks.
7. Click +.
8. Type the run_at_start_clause attribute in the Enter Attribute field:
   [avoracle]run_at_start_clause
9. Type the timeout_seconds flag and value in the Enter Attribute Value field:
   timeout_seconds=60
10. Click +.

    The run_at_start_clause attributes and flags appear in the box below the + and - buttons.

    

11. Clear the Exit backup if script fails option to enable the backup to proceed if the script fails.