Thanks Craig Well that answers my question but begs another - by using BackupPC_serverMesg is there no way to specify that it use the specific .pl file? If not would it be possible to simply run something like this instead?
sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i host1 && sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_link host1 or somesuch? Some of these backups happen to specific shares on this machine at much much higher rates then the rest of the machine. For instance to execute a backup on Mail - the share "Mail" is on a 6 hour diffs and daily fulls, but in reality is merely a share on host1 which is on a regular backup schedule of nightly diffs and weekly fulls. On a related note, this is what I see when i execute the following ark ~ # sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup 10.0.0.21 mail backuppc 1 Got reply: ok: requested backup of mail But nothing happens. I also tried the standard ark ~ #ark ~ # sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup all Got reply: ok ark ~ # as in the documentation but nothing happens. I realize I'm departing from the well beaten path a little bit here but don't feel like I'm THAT far off. I just want Cron to start the ball rolling is all. Thanks again for your feedback. Greatly appreciated. Scott Gamble _______________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206 412 3055 > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] using cron to schedule backups > From: Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Scott Gamble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > Date: 08-24-2005 8:05 am > > > Scott Gamble writes: > > > 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) > > BackupPC is intended to scale easily with a large number of hosts, > distribute the load, adapt to machines being on or off the network > etc. If you want a fixed schedule then cron is a good choice. > > However, do not run BackupPC_dump directly. Instead, use > BackupPC_serverMesg to tell BackupPC to run the backup. That > way it can run BackupPC_link, make sure that it doesn't overlap > BackupPC_nighty etc. > > Look in the archives for how to run BackupPC_serverMesg. > > Also, it is likely sufficient to just run the full backup via > cron. BackupPC will do the incrementals daily after that. > > Craig ------------------------------------------------------- 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/
