On 5/4/2021 12:29 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:24 AM Ralph Sikau <ra...@hassun.de> wrote:
I have a large media library which is too big to be backed
up on a single day. That's why I'd like to split up the real
host in several virtual hosts each defining a special part
of the library and being backed up at night on a special day
of the week. The PCNightlyJobs shall run during daytime.
Can you give me an example of a correct configuration for
this? Thanks in advance!
One approach to this is to make up several hostnames for your virtual
hosts, using $Conf{ClientNameAlias} to point them to the correct real
host. Then use includes/excludes to specify the directories you want
each to contain and the blackout periods to define the times you do
not want each to be backed up - leaving the window you want for each
so normal scheduling will queue them. Just be aware that if you only
include specific directories you may miss later additions or changes
on the host.
If you take a look at the archives from last month, on April 9th I posted a script
and some settings that I use when I split up hosts like this to prevent them from
running simultaneously without having to mess with blackout periods and such. The
thread subject was "Handling machines too large to back themselves up".
--
Bowie
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net
List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki
Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
