On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 01:09:24PM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4/29/2011 10:18 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > >> The host->ip resolution is being handled by a hosts file so I could > >> add aliases there so BackupPC would treat them as separate clients, > >> right? > > > > Yes, but you could also use the ClientAlias setting in backuppc itself > > to make different host configurations point to the same real name or IP. > > Can you point me to some documentation on how to use ClientAlias? > Surprisingly googling "backuppc clientalias" didn't seem to get me > what I needed. And I found no instances of that in the basic > documentation.
Les almost got it right it's ClientNameAlias http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_clientnamealias_ Enjoy. -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ 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/