Oops. I misread the position of the wrapper. Since the wrapper described on http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-wrapper.html runs on the client, the wrapper won't work if the client is asleep.
Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the suggestion. > > A wrapper (or part of the cron job) only handles part of the problem. > > If the machine has a timeout, say 1 hour, then either solution will > allow the estimate to be performed, but the backup itself may fail if > it is more than 1 hour between the estimate and the backup. > > Matt Hyclak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 06:00:59PM -0800, Kevin Dalley enlightened us: >>> Some machines which I back up are occasionally put to sleep. I have a >>> few options: >>> >>> I could try hard to keep the machines from going to sleep, but any >>> user can put some of the machines to sleep. >>> >>> I could ignore the problem, and skip backing up machines which are >>> asleep. >>> >>> I could use wakeonlan to wake up all of the machines which are subject >>> to narcolepsy. My cron job could easily run wakeonlan for all of the >>> machines before amdump starts. This will usually make the estimates >>> run correctly. The dump itself may fail if the machines automatically >>> sleep. Both dump and estimate are subject to failure if people put the >>> machine to sleep, but this is probably less of a worry. >>> >>> Does amanda have a method of automatically running wakeonlan, or the >>> equivalent? What do other people do? >> >> Most people would either make it part of their cron job, or use a wrapper: >> >> http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-wrapper.html >> >> Matt >> >> -- >> Matt Hyclak >> Department of Mathematics >> Department of Social Work >> Ohio University >> (740) 593-1263 >> > > -- > Kevin Dalley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
