Bfs cron job, Bfs cron job -5 – ADIC DATAMGR 3.5 User Manual

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System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr

Setup Tasks

3-5

Setup T

asks

Nightly at 1 a.m.: Runs the

/etc/dm/usr/scripts/clean_emasslogs

script to

move the current set of logs to a file in the same directory
with the same name, but appended with a timestamp. For
more information, see

“Edit cron File” on page 3-10

. The

clean_emasslogs script also saves seven old log files per log
type plus the current log.

BFS cron job

On the BFS, the

crontab

performs the following jobs:

Nightly at 2 a.m.: Runs the

/etc/bfs/usr/utils/bfsmaint -m -d

utility, which

automatically replicates files (that are assigned to the File
Replication Policy) or automatically migrates files (that are
assigned to the Multi-tier Migration Policy). It also manages
the retention and expiration of migrated files. For more
information, see

“Back Up Databases” on page 3-6

, or refer

to the

Utility Reference chapter

in System Administrator’s

Guide to Using DataMgr.

Nightly at 4 a.m.: Runs the

/etc/bfs/usr/utils/bfsdb_backup

utility, which

backs up the BFS Database. Normally a full backup is
performed on Saturday morning and a partial backup is
performed every other morning.

For more information, see

“Assign a Backup Volume” on

page 3-7

. For more information, refer to the

Utility

Reference chapter

in System Administrator’s Guide to

Using DataMgr.

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