Changing the ping command to a different command can be done on a per host
basis.
Timothy J. Massey
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On May 22, 2013, at 4:52 PM, "Zach" <lace...@roboticresearch.com> wrote:
> This is true only for one host. This is why I wouldn't want to change ping
> to /bin/true...I want it to still work correctly for other hosts.
>
> -Zach
>
> On 05/22/2013 04:44 PM, Timothy J Massey wrote:
>> Zach <lace...@roboticresearch.com> wrote on 05/22/2013 03:36:00 PM:
>>
>> > Thank you Arnold. Is there any way for me to tell BackupPC to ignore
>> > the preconditions? I don't care if this guy has backed up before, or if
>> > he doesn't have an overdue backup, or if he has enough good pings. I
>> > just never want a backup to start between 8am and 5pm, period.
>>
>> I don't know if you can get rid of *all* of them, but you can change ping to
>> /bin/true and change the ping count to 1 (or maybe even 0, though
>> I'm not sure it's possible) to at least significantly reduce the
>> possibility of it running.
>>
>> Also, is this true for some hosts, or *ALL* hosts for that server? If so,
>> you could adjust the WakeupSchedule to exclude those times (but remember
>> that you want the *first* WakeupSchedule to be during a time when you are
>> *not* doing backups: see the documentation for details).
>>
>> Tim Massey
>>
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