Hi all, Currently I use BackupPC to backup a lot of remote hosts, all with different config. Some of these hosts need a command to run before some shares can be backed up.
Ex: I need to backup /etc, /home and /var/lib, but also need to mount /mnt/server/data, back it up and unmount it again. The problem now is that I can only set a DumpPreShareCmd for the entire host and all shares, but not for each share separate. If I set as DumpPreShareCmd '$sshPath $host /bin/mount $share', I end up with possible double mounted /var/lib. If I set as DumpPostShareCmd '$sshPath $host /bin/umount $share', I risk unmounting /var/lib, resulting in a broken remote system. The mount and unmount is desired for the /mnt/server/data shares, but not for the /etc, /home and /var/lib shares. My current solution is to use separate hosts using the same ClientNameAlias, but that results in a huge list of hosts (I have about 60 remote systems to backup). Needless to say this method will result in confusing situations. Sometimes I need to mount eg /mnt/server/data, but only need to backup /mnt/server/data/Sales and /mnt/server/data/HR, and not the other directories below /mnt/server/data. In that case, I now use a separate host for every mount point that has different shares to be backed-up, with the usage of DumpPreUserCmd and DumpPostUserCmd that mounts or unmounts /mnt/server/data. Excluding directories under /mnt/server/data is no option, as the remote users can add their own sub-directories. As you see: problems to be solved :-) So it's more a feature request: please allow the usage of the UserCommands per share instead of per host. -- Toni Van Remortel Precision Operations +32 3 451 92 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
