On 11/11/2016 12:40 PM, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > Hi Kern, > >> Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> hat am 11. November 2016 um 10:33 >> geschrieben: >> >> >> Hello Ulrich, >> >> On 11/11/2016 09:52 AM, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> it seems that enable client or job does not trigger an update and requeue >>> for the scheduler. >> The scheduler queue is refreshed approximately once an hour, so if you >> activate a schedule, it will probably not be noticed until the next refresh. >>> we use a cron job which dynamically enables/disables workstation jobs 10 >>> minutes before they are scheduled in the evening. if somewone powers of >>> his workstation on weekend then backup job will be disabled and we get no >>> failed jobs. on monday evening the job will be enabled if the workstation >>> is alive. but we noticed that the jobs does not run if it is sheduled 10 >>> minutes later. >>> >>> it seems there must be some action on the scheduler between the enable job >>> and the scheduled time or the time between enable and scheduled time must >>> be greater than 1 hour. at least we observed this behaviour. >>> >>> but i would expect that enable job or client triggers also a requeue for >>> the scheduler if there are any assoicated scheduldes. >> That code does not currently exist. >> > Do you think that would be useful ? then i coud try to develop that code and > provided a patch.
I had never thought about this problem before, so yes, I think it would be useful, and it would even be much better if you provide a patch. I haven't looked at the code, but I suspect that it should not be hard to do. > >>> is there any command which triggers a rescan for the scheduler? >> If you run your cron job at least one hour before the job should be >> scheduled, I think it will work. If you try that please let me know if >> it works or not. >> > Actually we use this workaround since a few days, and it seems to work. OK, thanks for the confirmation. > > We run the script twice, 1:10h and 10min before all workstation jobs are > scheduled in the evening, if someone powers of the machine inbetween the > corresponding job will be disabled by the second run. the scheduler is not > updated but it will not start because the enabled flag is checked. > > I pushed my simple script to github, it depends on the old bweb perl modules > and naming conventions of config files, client names and job names (we are > still using a slightly modified bweb against 7.4.4) > > https://github.com/uleodolter/bacula/blob/master/scripts/run_CheckUsers Interesting script. I am going to show it to the bweb guys. Best regards, Kern > > Best regards > Ulrich > >> Best regards, >> Kern >> >>> Best regards >>> Ulrich >>> >>> p.s. running bacula 7.4.4 community version >>> >>> Ulrich Leodolter <ulrich.leodol...@obvsg.at> >>> Oesterreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH >>> Raimundgasse 1/3, A-1020 Wien >>> Fax +43 1 4035158-30 >>> Tel +43 1 4035158-21 >>> Web http://www.obvsg.at >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors >>> Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. >>> With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. >>> Training and support from Colfax. >>> Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bacula-devel mailing list >>> Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel >>> > Ulrich Leodolter <ulrich.leodol...@obvsg.at> > Oesterreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH > Raimundgasse 1/3, A-1020 Wien > Fax +43 1 4035158-30 > Tel +43 1 4035158-21 > Web http://www.obvsg.at > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
