Re: [BackupPC-users] De-activate ping check on per-host basis

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

Robert Hendrickx writes:

> Is there a way to deactivate the pre-backup ping check only for a
> specific host?

Set

    $Conf{PingCmd} = '/bin/true';

in that host's config.pl file.

> For the same reason, I would like to force the blackout period
> for machines I want to wakeup during night.  Can I set the
> $Conf{BlackoutBadPingLimit} and $Conf{BlackoutGoodCnt} parameters
> to zero ?

I assume you want the blackout period to be always enabled for
those machines?  If so, set:

    $Conf{BlackoutGoodCnt} = 0;

Either set that in the main config.pl file, or in the per-host
config.pl file.

Craig