On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:58 PM Kenneth Porter <sh...@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
> My company has a laptop that spends most of its time on a shelf, not in > use. So I'm constantly seeing a daily BackupPC alert in my email that > the machine hasn't been backed up recently. > > How do others deal with this situation, with machines that are rarely > connected to the LAN for backup? > > An additional problem is that the machine might only be connected for a > short period, so the server might miss that window and fail to back it > in the short period it's connected, as it's busy with other backups. > I think the perfect world example would be if there was a client you could run so the computer could inform the server when it's up, perhaps via a REST interface. Anyone want to volunteer to write the client and interface? :) Thanks, Richard
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