> It doesn't explicitly show why backups didn't run, but if you look down > the 'Last Backup (days)' column, the numbers should all be less than one > if you have daily backups scheduled. If it is more than a day without a > failure mentioned in the 'Last Attempt', it means that it didn't start > as scheduled, and that's about the only thing besides the server or > backuppc service being off that would prevent it. So then you look at > the top of the page where it shows the pool filesystem use.
I'm just thinking out loud how BackupPC could be more user-friendly to the less experienced admin so they don't get frustrated and email the list, not understanding why backup scheduling is failing. It's a very explicit condition, that the Server Status and/or Host Summary page could easily report on and would make the admins life a little easier. If there's one thing I hate about proprietary backup products it's those little things that you have no power to change and make the product a little less intuitive - at least with BPC, we can fix those less-intuitive parts. Anyway, I might put together a patch to report on this - I'm not sure how active the 3.X release cycle is given there's lots of work going into 4, but perhaps someone will use it... :) > Didn't know that was even there. Maybe there's a bug that keeps it from > being triggered. :) Thanks for the conversation - BPC is a great engine and some of these more subtle usability could be ironed out to make it have a broader appeal (and enjoyable to use..) Regards, Chris Bennett cgb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
