What is your blackout setting, and are you sure the targets in
question have been seen BlackoutGoodCnt days up on the network outside
of the blackouts?
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Prem <squirr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Somehow I am not able to get a grasp of it. I tried limiting the wake up
> timing with the configuration below but I still see the backup running at
> 8am and 9am.
>
> WakeupSchedule 20, 21, 22, 23, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
>
> Why is it such? Is it possible to share a screenshot or something so that I
> could really get it for good?
>
> Regards,
> Prem
>
> From: Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com>
> To: Prem <squirr...@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support"
> <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 12:33 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Guide to set up scheduling in BackupPC
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Prem <squirr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi Les,
>>
>> I tried using the black out option but somehow i do see backups running
>> during prime time (i.e. 8am to 6pm).
>>
>> Could you assist with the sample options i should set or change so that I
>> can run backups at 8pm with weekly/monthly full and retention for 1 year?
>>
> See $Conf{BlackoutGoodCnt} in the docs. Blackouts don't start
> taking effect until that many days have passed with backuppc able to
> ping the target outside of the blackout period to verify that it will
> be available to back up then. Usually if you start your first backup
> at approximately the time you want them to run, the daily scheduling
> will keep it around that same time long enough for blackouts to take
> effect. Or you can go to the node page and 'stop' a backup (even
> though none is running) and you will have an option to set a number of
> hours to wait before starting the next one. And then subsequent ones
> won't start until approximately 24 hours after that.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikes...@gmail.com
>
>
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