From: Carl W. S. <ch...@re...> - 2005-11-14 16:21:38
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On 11/14 09:48 , Patrick Friedel wrote: > I know I could set blackout periods, but those seem to be more aligned > towards not starting a backup during the business day rather than what > I'm looking for. Or are they more powerful than I'm giving them credit for? set: $Conf{FullPeriod} = -1; in your per-host config file. this will keep it from doing backups unless you explicitly tell it to. then set those backups off with a cron job that calls BackupPC_serverMesg. The syntax is something like (from Craig's mail a while ago): BackupPC_serverMesg is used to start the backup. In backuppc's cron file add: x y z a b c d /path/to/BackupPC_serverMesg HOST HOSTIP USER 1 x y z a b c d (I forget the exact number) are the usual cron scheduling numbers. HOST and HOSTIP can be the same host name if the ip address can be looked up via dns. USER is the user name requesting the backup (can be anything). 1 means full. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com |