On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 02:16, Peter Padberg wrote:
> > > But the problem is, when a customer lost data, I need the backup fast
> > > and I have no time to wait "some" hours.
> >
> > As I said above, you don't have to wait.
> Ahh come on, why Backuppc offers a webtool?
Command lines nearly always offer more options than their
web and GUI simplified fill-in-the-form counterparts.
> Why I can download restorefiles immediately,
> but must wait to restore files to servers, some hours!?
> Sorry, but there is no context.
The difference is that backuppc does most operations
through a scheduling server, and generally the web interface
simply passes commands to the server which schedules the
operation. The direct download is an exception, because
the web server must do that immediately to pass it back on
the same connection. The scheduling operations are generally
controlled by settings in config.pl, but the nightly run
is an exception that blocks everything else - it removes files
in the pool that no longer have any other links and might
accidentally remove files being added if backups were allowed
to run at the same time. That said, I'm not sure why you
couldn't do a restore at the same time.
> > The web interface does not do everything you can
> > do through the command line.
> And when some external customers want to restore files, I must login
> into as root to realize it!?
You really only need to be the backuppc user to kill and restart
the process, although if you use something like the RedHat init
script and the 'service backuppc restart' command you might need
to be root.
> Then I hope the next time, it is not saturday night.
I assume that means you don't trust your saturday night person to
do root operations. You can always configure sudo to permit anyone
you choose to run a restart script.
> I know some other backup-software, where I can restore files without any
> hours to wait. :-/
That software doesn't save your disk space by linking duplicate files.
The reason for the nightly run blocking everything else is to
protect those links.
> > There are settings that may reduce the time used by the
> > nightly run.
> > See the options for $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs}
> > and
> > $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod}.
> Yes, of course.
> And when I need a restore in this time?
Set up web logins for everyone to get their own files through
the web interface without bothering you or the operator you
don't trust.
> My question to development:
> Why I can download restorefiles immediately,
> but must wait to restore files to servers, some hours!?
I think you do have a point, even though there are workarounds.
I asked the same question long ago and Craig pointed out the
race condition while adding new files but I don't see why it
would apply to a restore. Couldn't the scheduler let a restore
start anyway?
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Les Mikesell
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