Re: [BackupPC-users] Wake on lan to windows machine.

2006-01-25 Thread Craig Barratt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > One last question - I am only going to set up this for 4 machines. > I would like them to be backed up at night. Is there a way to back > up these 4 at night and the rest during the day? See the Blackout config settings. Craig ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] Wake on lan to windows machine.

2006-01-24 Thread mark
Wow - there is nothing like talking to the guy who wrote the stuff! Craig - YOU ARE THE MAN! Both methods worked well, but I chose the second one, because we use dhcp and I never know what the IP will be. Here is what the host config file wound up looking like: $Conf{SmbShareName} = 'backup'; $

Re: [BackupPC-users] Wake on lan to windows machine.

2006-01-24 Thread Craig Barratt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have a need to wake up some Windows PC's at night to backup so as to > reduce network traffic during the day. I am using SMB. > > So far, my conf.pl has the $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} pointing to a script > that wakes up the PC and then sleeps for 2 minutes. This script wo

[BackupPC-users] Wake on lan to windows machine.

2006-01-24 Thread mark
Hello, All - I am using BackupPC with great success. It is a wonderful product. I have a need to wake up some Windows PC's at night to backup so as to reduce network traffic during the day. I am using SMB. So far, my conf.pl has the $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} pointing to a script that wakes up the PC