On 10/14/2010 2:06 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > I have four hosts with identical configuration, as far as I know. > All of them have: > > $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs} = 8; > > On one, and only one as far as I can tell, running: > > sudo -u backuppc BackupPC_serverMesg BackupPC_nightly run > > results in: > > $ ps -aef | grep -i nigh > backuppc 6375 2788 0 11:39 ? 00:00:12 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly -m 0 31 > > On all three others, I get: > > $ ps -aef | grep -i nigh > backuppc 30013 2856 1 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly -m 0 31 > backuppc 30014 2856 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 32 63 > backuppc 30015 2856 1 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 64 95 > backuppc 30016 2856 1 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 96 127 > backuppc 30017 2856 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 128 159 > backuppc 30018 2856 1 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 160 191 > backuppc 30019 2856 0 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 192 223 > backuppc 30020 2856 1 12:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl > /usr/local/bin/BackupPC_nightly 224 255 > > when I do that. > > I have run the admin reload. > > I have my config in an unusual place, but AFAICT that's handled: > > /usr/local/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm: ConfDir => $confDir eq "" ? > '/engineyard/etc/backuppc' : $confDir, > > All of them are running: > > # Version 3.2.0beta1, released 24 Jan 2010. > > Any ideas as to what might be going on?
Are the servers all the same hardware? Maybe it is smart enough to not start more processes in parallel than you have CPUs to run them. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ 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/