Les Stott wrote:
>
> It would be great if the BackupPC Admin interface gave the ability to
> create a template and then when you create a new host, simply apply that
> template.
>
> Lets say you have 50+ pc's to backup, 20 Vista (heaven forbid! ;} )and
> 30 XP. lets say we are using rsyncd to backup and we want just the user
> profile directories. Ofcourse in XP thats c:\Documents and Settings, in
> Vista its C:\Users. The Excludes and Includes would also be different
> especially with Vista's junction points.
>
> Now wouldn't it be great to create an XP template and a Vista template
> via the CGI. Then when you add a host you could tick "apply a template"
> and choose appropriately. Saves you a bit of time.
>
> Taking it a step further......when you select a template, before it
> applies it prompts you with a list of those changes in the template,
> giving you the ability to override or exclude some or all of the
> template settings.
>
> Not sure how hard that would be to implement.
>
> Ofcourse you could do it on command line, but if it was in the cgi
> editior it would be fantastic!
>
> Any thoughts?
That's pretty much already there if you use an existing host as your
template. When you 'edit hosts' with the cgi editor, you can add with
the NEWHOST=COPYHOST syntax to pick up the per-pc configs from a similar
one, then edit in any differences in the new host's 'Edit config' screens.
--
Les Mikesell
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