Yes, the nightly scripts must run exclusively on the pools (no backup/restore should be running)
However, if you execute BackupPC_serverMesg instead of BackupPC_dump, you should be ok. - Wade -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Gamble Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] using cron to schedule backups 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/
