On 10/1/2015 9:37 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] >> Sent: den 1 oktober 2015 15:23 >> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Blackout period not working? >> >> On 10/1/2015 3:16 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just noticed that one of our BPC-servers started a full backup at >>> about 0900 hrs despite its blackout period was set as follows: >>> >>> hourBegin 8 >>> hourEnd 18 >>> weekDays 1,2,3,4,5 >>> >>> Am I misunderstanding this setting, or aren't backups supposed to >>> _not_ run from 0800 till 1800 on each weekday? >>> >>> This is running off of a CentOS 6.7 x64 and BPC is v3.3.1. >> Two possibilities come to mind: >> >> 1) You didn't specify whether you were looking at the main server config or >> the host config. Blackout periods can be set on a per-host basis, so a host >> config can override the blackout period set in the main server config. >> >> 2) If a host is frequently unreachable, BPC may ignore the blackout period >> and back it up as soon as it sees it on the network again. This is >> controlled by >> the BlackoutGoodCnt and BlackoutBadPingLimit settings. > Good point, thanks. Checking... > > Main config (BPC-server): 8-18, all weekdays > Host config (cloud server): 8-18, all weekdays > > The badping limit and good content are set at their defaults three and seven > respectively. > The host, a departmental cloud-server, is however one of those servers that is > up 24/7/365 (or close to in any case - it's not supposed to be down for any > reason if possible). > > I'll keep an eye on it for a while and see what happens now.
Go to the host page on the web interface and look at the summary info at the top. There should be a couple of lines that look something like this: - Pings to <host> have succeeded 1417 consecutive times. - Because <host> has been on the network at least 7 consecutive times, it will not be backed up from 8:00 to 18:00 on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri. For a server that is available 24/7, there should be a fairly high number of consecutive pings. If not, maybe you need to adjust the ping command. -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/
