On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le mer 02/07/2003 � 22:24, Stew Benedict a �crit : > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > > > There should be an entry that will allow you to check current > > > configuration and at least say if last schedule backup was has been > > > done. > > > > > > > > > > Actually there is a screen to see your configuration, but perhaps it needs > > to be more readily accessible. > > > > Backup Now | View Backup Configuration > > indeed. Sometimes I don't know if the backup setup is right, or if the > backup as been correctly done. Of course there's the mail, but I send > the mail to someone else and I don't check if the mails are right and if > the backup is done. And I don't knwo if I can put a CC, or a second user > in the To field. > In order not to clutter to much the UI, you can make the following > entries : > > > |-> Manual // specify files/dir+dest & backup > Quick Backup -> | > |-> Auto // make backup from config > >
This would be a significant change. I don't know that I can implement that now. I did put the "View" on the first screen now also. There really isn't anything setup atm to do an "on the fly" backup. > Restore > > > |-> View Backup configuration // view backup conf > Manage Backup ->|-> View backup log // view backup log > |-> Configure Backup // configure backup > > > > > You can also have the result mailed to the user of your choice, but I'll > > look at saving a log for viewing, as well as the issues posted earlier as > > to no units on the max size (not sure that this is even abided by), and > > consuming /var on a small partition. > > That's true concerning the units as we don't know the unit. On top of > that there's a bug in backup size. I used to backup on a 20/40 GB tape. > The pb is that I can't specify the right size and it default to old > size. So I just hope that it will be able to backup up everything. > Doesn't even really apply to tape. In all regards, this number isn't evne utilized. I'm trying to do something now at least to honor it on HD, as well as set a sane default for a given system. Part of drakbackup's problems is it tried to be too much, too soon. A lot of features were partially implemented in the GUI, with no backend support. I inherited it from the previous developer and I'm trying to bring it up to snuff. > Concerning /var space consuming, what about make one tar.gz and copy it, > delete it, and so on ? Or give the ability to specify a different > directory ? > Well you can change directories. Incremental or differential backups mimimize the space consumed on subsequent backups. > > The other discussion on smart trash etc. is interesting, but I don't know > > that I'll be able to get into that. > > You should wait for 10 release as it won't be easy to implement and used > by the user > > Yes, in reality feature additions aren't part of the spec at all for 9.2 afaik. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
