Re: [BackupPC-users] delay before recognition

[Craig B. <cr...@at...>]

> I was wondering how long it should take after adding a host to the hosts
> file before it becomes useable in backuppc.  After I add a host, it seems to
> take 1/2 hour to 1 hour before I can start a backup job on it.
>  
> Is there a way to force backuppc to do a netbios lookup so it can register
> the new pc quicker?  I know this won't matter much once all the pc's are
> on-line, but it would be nice to be able to add a new PC and back it up
> right away :)

From the docs:

    The file /data/BackupPC/conf/hosts contains the list of clients to
    backup. BackupPC reads this file in three cases:

	* Upon startup.

        * When BackupPC is sent a HUP (-1) signal. Assuming you
          installed the init.d script, you can also do this with
          ``/etc/init.d/backuppc reload''.

        * When the modification time of the hosts file changes. BackupPC
          checks the modification time once during each regular wakeup.

    Whenever you change the hosts file (to add or remove a host) you
    can either do a kill -HUP BackupPC_pid or simply wait until the
    next regular wakeup period.

Craig