On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:47 PM, higuita <higu...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I love backuppc, is very flexible and works very well... but i
> miss one feature: Exec backup type
>
> I want to execute a remote script to do a backup. The backup will
> not be store in backuppc, so all i need is to execute a script and save
> the status and the script log.
>
> Right now i workaround with tar, i replace the tar command
> with a script that will execute my command and then tars the log, so
> backuppc can see the backup status and a user can checkout the log.
> It works, but is a pain to have to play with tar command, the full
> and incremental options to do what i need.
>
> A simple ssh $host $script $options would be perfect, where
> the $options get their parameters from the full and incremental
> backup.
You should be able to use the DumpPreUserCmd for that, then perhaps
back up a directory containing the log of the operation. You'd get
scheduling and the ability to see failures in one place.
> Restore could also be a script. The script status code and
> stdout and stderr should be captured and logged by backuppc. No files
> are transfered to backuppc, so the size for this type of backups could
> always be zero in the status (or show it inside a [], to flag a remote
> backup)
Not sure how you would control what was restored, though.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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