This is a feature I've wanted as well. I have virtual machines running on multiple hypervisors, and I'd prefer to only run one backup per hypervisor at a time. If I could do that, I could get away with backups during the day... but if I back up the main file server and the groupware server at the same time, tech support starts getting calls about things being slow.
On 08/28/2014 08:03 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Andreas Schnederle-Wagner - > Futureweb.at <schnede...@futureweb.at> wrote: >> >> Is it possible that backuppc allows you to put your hosts into groups (aka >> queues) so that you could limit the number of backup jobs running from any >> specific queue/host group? >> > > No you can't do that by groups, but unless you have a mix of fast and > slow networks/hosts you will probably get the best performance by > setting the overall concurrency (MaxBackups) to 2 or so since you have > the same problem server-side. You can have some control over timing > by setting the blackout periods differently and you can initially skew > them by doing a 'stop' (even if a backup isn't running) and setting a > number of hours to defer the next run. The approximately 24-hour > scheduling will maintain the skew afterward. > -- Carl D Cravens (ccrav...@excelii.com), Ext 228 (620.327.1228) Lead System Architect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ 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/
