On 2007.10.30. 21:53, Arno Lehmann wrote: ... >>>>> That said, I'd expect Bacula will skip the backup, given its behavior in >>>>> this case. One way to solve this problem, I guess, would be to never >>>>> start backups between 2 and 3 AM. >>>> yup. > > Very reasonable, but IIRC a better solution was implemented in Bacula, > probably since 2.0. I couldn't find this with a grep in ReleaseNotes, > but I recall that being discussed a year or two ago on the mailing lists.
good to hear. if anybody knows more, it would be very nice to have this behaviour clearly documented. >>> so, is there some dst intelligence in latest versions of bacula ? >>> if not, maybe a comment, warning about this should be added to default >>> configuration file schedules :) >> No, they weren't, but depending on where you live, there was no problem >> this weekend. :) > > See above - I believe there is the necessary intelligence in Bacula. > > Arno > >> How do other packages handle this? I believe cron is one of the more >> intelligent programs when dealing with this. Perhaps anacron? depends (c) if i remember correctly, vixie cron was doing all kinds of automagic detection, dcron was leaving this all up to the admin. most important thing - having this all well documented, -- Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
