To automate backups, you can use the cron service familiar to many UNIX users.
Example
Let’s assume that you need to back up a volume regularly. A full backup has to be created weekly, supported by incremental backups created daily.
Use the list disks command to obtain the necessary volume number. For example, the volume number is 2-1.
Create two executable files for the daily and weekly backup (for example, abr.cron) and place them into the /etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.weekly directories, respectively.
To initiate weekly full backups of volume 2-1, add the following line to the /etc/cron.weekly/abr.cron file:
#!/bin/bash
acrocmd backup disk --volume=2-1 --loc=/mnt/my_archives/my_host --arc=my_archive
where /mnt/my_archives/my_host is the path to the backup location.
The second abr.cron file is needed to initiate daily incremental backups.
#!/bin/bash
acrocmd backup disk --volume=2-1 --backuptype=incremental --loc=/mnt/my_archives/my_host --arc=my_archive
For more information, see Help of the cron service.