Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Kris Lou]

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Les Mikesell  wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta
>  wrote:
> > That's fine, so I'll able to configure bpc to send email every time a
> backup
> > is failed for an host?
> > if yes, how?
>
> See this section of the docs:
> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/BackupPC-4.1.1.html#Email-
> reminders-status-and-messages
>
> It doesn't notify you specifically if one backup attempt fails.  It
> notifies you when you don't have a good backup newer than
> EmailNotifyMinDays
>

BackupPC will keep re-trying if a backup fails (for example, backing up
over a VPN and the client drops a connection).  So in essence, the emails
are more of a "Client Backup Failed, and I kept trying for 3 days but no
luck" notification.

Also, it's a single email with a list of problematic client, not a single
email per client.

If you set up a user and corresponding email per client, then BackupPC also
sends a reminder email to that user if the client hasn't been backed up in
X days.

-Kris
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Les Mikesell]

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta
 wrote:
> That's fine, so I'll able to configure bpc to send email every time a backup
> is failed for an host?
> if yes, how?

See this section of the docs:
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/BackupPC-4.1.1.html#Email-reminders-status-and-messages

It doesn't notify you specifically if one backup attempt fails.  It
notifies you when you don't have a good backup newer than
EmailNotifyMinDays.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Gandalf Corvotempesta]

That's fine, so I'll able to configure bpc to send email every time a
backup is failed for an host?
if yes, how?

Il 3 set 2017 9:45 PM, "Alexander Moisseev via BackupPC-users" <
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> ha scritto:

> On 9/3/2017 10:20 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:
>
>> So, what's the meaning for the email feature configurable in bpc settings?
>>
>> Which kind of emails are sent?
>>
>> BackupPC sends notifications if a host has never been backed up or the
> most recent backup is too old.
> That means you will get an email if backup has never been finished in the
> configured number of days, but BackupPC remains silent if backup was
> finished with a lot of errors.
> Some people thinks it's a good thing that BackupPC doesn't bother them if
> some files was locked or vanished or whatever during backup.
>
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Alexander Moisseev via BackupPC-users]

On 9/3/2017 10:20 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:

So, what's the meaning for the email feature configurable in bpc settings?

Which kind of emails are sent?


BackupPC sends notifications if a host has never been backed up or the most 
recent backup is too old.
That means you will get an email if backup has never been finished in the 
configured number of days, but BackupPC remains silent if backup was finished 
with a lot of errors.
Some people thinks it's a good thing that BackupPC doesn't bother them if some 
files was locked or vanished or whatever during backup.

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Gandalf Corvotempesta]

So, what's the meaning for the email feature configurable in bpc settings?

Which kind of emails are sent?

Il 3 set 2017 8:01 PM, "Alexander Moisseev via BackupPC-users" <
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> ha scritto:

> On 9/3/2017 7:52 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:
>
>> Is possible to have, every night, an email with the result of any backups?
>>
>> I would like to get a report every night, after backup completion
>>
>>
> There is no such functionality in BackupPC, but you can run external
> script by cron during blackout period.
>
> https://github.com/moisseev/BackupPC_report
> https://github.com/moisseev/BackupPC_report/blob/master/BackupPC_report
>
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Alexander Moisseev via BackupPC-users]

On 9/3/2017 7:52 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:

Is possible to have, every night, an email with the result of any backups?

I would like to get a report every night, after backup completion



There is no such functionality in BackupPC, but you can run external script by 
cron during blackout period.

https://github.com/moisseev/BackupPC_report
https://github.com/moisseev/BackupPC_report/blob/master/BackupPC_report

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[BackupPC-users] Email in backup success/failure

[Gandalf Corvotempesta]

Is possible to have, every night, an email with the result of any backups?

I would like to get a report every night, after backup completion
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