On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 7:30 AM Josh Fisher <jfis...@pvct.com> wrote:
> On 9/27/2019 8:00 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: > > Maybe you can add a RunBeforeJob script that checks if the workstation is > > available? If the script returns a non-zero status then the job will > fail and > > will not contact the SD at all. > > > I have done this for years to the intermittent workstations. I have the > RunBeforeJob issue wake-on-lan packets to the client, as many times the > machine is there, just in sleep mode. It definitely helps, although it > worked much better before most were switched to WiFi connected laptops. > I've never had much luck getting wake-on-wlan to work correctly. > That's an excellent idea. I already have a RunBeforeJob to issue WOL packets -- these are mostly Mac workstations and if they're not fully off that usually wakes them. But I could have the same script fail if it can't ping the machine after waking it. I just plain forgot that I could fail backups on the result of that script. > > Perhaps a better approach for these clients would be client-initiated > backups? > I still need to look into that. We haven't been installing tray-monitor, and some clients are still on v7.x.x, so it'll take some redeployment. -- David Brodbeck System Administrator, Department of Mathematics University of California, Santa Barbara
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