On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 07:31 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/22/11 7:10 AM, Scott wrote: > > If there is a different place to submit features, I apologize. > > > > It would be great if there were a field for machine description - for > > example > > for location or similar. > > > > Most of the machines I deal with are 'tagged' with a number. We usually > > name > > the machine with this number, so in backuppc I see a list of machine > > numbers. > > But I have no way in backuppc to know who's machine it is - no > > description. > > You can make up a meaningful hostname and put the real name or IP in > ClientAlias - but for existing entries you would have to rename the old > directory under pc. > > > Beyond this, it might be nice to have the concept of 'groups' and searching > > capability - I could see the number of machines going in to to several > > hundreds > > at some point... > > I don't think there is a way to do that - but if your names are all made up > you > might use a prefix of some sort. > not to jack this thread, but the concept of 'groups' would be extremely beneficial in virtualized environments (let's not backup /all/ of the vm's on a single physical host at the same time). I've seen some talk of using a semaphore (http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg13698.html), but haven't seen a clear (to me!) implementation of this technique. this post of a work-around http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg16195.html would extend my backup period too long...
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