On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:38:10 -0400 Rob Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> > It would also be nice at times to be able to one-time-schedule the next
> > backup of a particular host to be a full backup (for instance, if you knew
> > that you'd just added some data). The way to do this right now is:
> > - Start the backup right now while you're thinking of it, and hope you don't
> > irritate people too much by doing a backup in the middle of the day (or
> > whatever other time it is).
> > - Try to remember to start the backup later on, when it won't irritate
> > people.
> > - Set up a cron or at job to schedule the backup.
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to schedule future jobs from within the web
> > interface tho. Perhaps have it call 'at', or else use some sort of internal
> > persistence mechanism?
> >
> It would also be nice to be able to tell the server "don't back up this
> host tonight". Some of my users run cpu-intensive jobs overnight, which
> need to be complete by the next morning, and which would get slowed down
> by a backup occurring right in the middle of it.
This actually can be done already, I believe. Click the "Stop/Deque Backups"
button on your host's admin page, and that'll not only stop any
currently-running backups, but won't allow any to be run for the time specified.
--
Jacob
"For then there will be great distress, unequaled
from the beginning of the world until now—and never
to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut
short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the
elect those days will be shortened."
Are you ready?
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