uh, in the event the formatting of my post gets mangled in your mail client, you can view it here. The crontab section is much easier to read when formatted properly.
http://blackcannon.org/wiki/index.php/LETTER Thanks again everyone. Please respond to the list and not my email address. Thanks. _______________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206 412 3055 > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: [BackupPC-users] using cron to schedule backups > From: Scott Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: 08-24-2005 12:16 am > > > I know this has been touched on repeatedly - and from kinda glossing through > the archives I gather that its not a new idea at all, but is there any > reason why scheduling of backups couldn't be handled exclusively by cron > instead of the backuppc mechanism? The time functionality on backuppc seems > to be woefully incomplete in comparison, and the idea of being able to > schedule backups by time instead of by number of backups is vastly more > applealing. I guess what I'm asking is by using cron to handle scheduling, > am I missing anything or preventing any kind of critical functions from > happening such as the linking and the house cleaning? Below is my proposed > crontab (yes I comment this much on my machines - this is a straight pull) > > ###::::::::::::::::::::: Host Level Stuff (mostly for whole restores) > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::### > > ### execute incr every night > * * * * */1 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i localhost > * * * * */1 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i host1 > * * * * */1 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i host2 > * * * * */1 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i host3 > * * * * */1 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i host4 > > ### execute full on the 7th day ov every week > * * * * 7 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f localhost > * * * * 7 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f host1 > * * * * 7 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f host2 > * * * * 7 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f host3 > * * * * 7 sudo -u backuppc > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f host4 > > and in my conf.pl file I've put in > $Conf{FullPeriod} = -1; - in order to disable the backuppc timer function. > > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 8; - keeps a total of 8 Full Backups (8 weeks) > $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 60; - keeps Full Backups for a total of 60 days (8 > weeks) > $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 4; - keeps 4 Full Backups no matter how old they > are > > $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 30; - keeps a total of 30 incremental backups > $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 30; - keeps incr backups for a total of 30 days > $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 15; - keeps a minimum of 15 incr no matter how old > they are > > Thanks everyone for any input you can provide > > Scott Gamble > > _______________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 206 412 3055 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
