Alex Schaft writes: > I've just configured a DHCP pool, and I now see jobs being queued like > BackupPC_dump -d 10.1.1.100 > > Is this a discovery of potential backup clients?
Yes, it scans the entire DHCP address range. However, this is really an old feature since hosts can be usually looked up via nmb or dns. You only need to scan a pool of IP addresses if nmblookup -A w.x.y.z works, but nmblookup -B w.x.y.255 hostName does not. There might be cases (eg: with a firewall) that prevent the second (broadcast) version from working. I'm tempted to drop this feature since I suspect it isn't really necessary. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/