Symantec GHOST 14, Manual

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You can specify the location of command files if you want them to be located in
a place other than the default location. You can also specify a location on a per-job
basis, as well as specify a location that can be shared among several computers.
If you specify a network location, you must provide network credentials.
See “About network credentials” on page 66.
The most common use for running command files is to stop and restart
non-VSS-aware databases that you want to back up.
To use a Visual Basic script file (.VBS) during a backup, you can create a batch file
(.BAT) to run the script. For example, you can create a batch file called STOP.BAT
that contains the following syntax:
Cscript script_filename.vbs
Make sure that
Cscript
precedes the file name of the Visual Basic script.
Warning: The command files cannot depend on any user interaction or have a
visible user interface. You should test all command files independently of Norton
Ghost before you use them during a backup.
When the backup begins, the command file is run during the specified stage. If
an error occurs while a command file is running or the command file does not
finish in the time you specified (regardless of the stage), the backup is stopped,
the command file is terminated (if necessary), and the error information is logged
and displayed.
Table 6-1 describes the stages of recovery point creation.
67 Backing up entire drives
Defining a drive-based backup