So, since you know how to disable the cron after the restore has been completed, you must also know how to disable the cron at some other time. Use that knowledge to disable the cron before you start the restore instead of after the restore completes!
I can't do this, once you restored an AIX mksysb, cron is automatically started. This is the nim script resource that I run after the restore has completed in our DR box.
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Maybe a another Idea could be to exclude the crontabs directory or the specific file /var/spool/cron/crontabs in your backup script and install the needed crontabs from another directory (e.g. crontab /backup/crontabs/root).
Thanks Ron. This is actually my last resort on fixing this. I'm just thinking of any other way of disabling cron in the mksysb or right after the restore without any delay of running cron jobs that runs every minute.
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Hi,
Depending on your version of AIX, the process can be a little different when it comes to starting and stopping the cron service. What version are you using?
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