Re: Scheduling of backups at different times for different machines

Dylan,

The author suggests the following:

tnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> > I'm using the default Wakeup Schedule (once every hour, except midnight)
> > which is fine for almost all of my machines.  There is one in particular
> > that can only be backed up between 11pm and 5am.  Is there any way to
> > specify that in the config file?
>  

Create a per-PC config.pl file with this:

$Conf{BlackoutGoodCnt}   = 0;
$Conf{BlackoutHourBegin} = 5.0;
$Conf{BlackoutHourEnd}   = 23.0;
$Conf{BlackoutWeekDays}  = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];

This causes it to be always subject to blackout (ie: not start new backups)
from 5am - 11pm every day of the week (Sun-Sat).

Craig


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I'm sure you can modify it to meet your needs.

Doug


Dylan Swift wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a question that I can't seem to find the answer to in the 
> documentation:
>
> How do I configure BackupPC to perform backups on different machines 
> at different times?
>
> I have tried adding a '$Conf{WakeupSchedule}' to the per-pc 
> configuration, but it seems to be ignored by the daemon (in favour of 
> the one in the master config file). I have then tried removing the 
> '$Conf{WakeupSchedule}' from the master config file, to which the 
> daemon defaults to hourly wake-up.
>
> to expand on my requirement:
> I have four local machines (on a private subnet) and four public 
> machines. The local machines aren't under much load after 19:00 and 
> before 07:00, while the public machines are busy 24/7, but are at 
> their quietest between 04:00 and 06:00.
> I would like to backup the local machines at 22:00, and the public 
> machines at 04:00. Does anyone know of any configuration that will 
> achieve this?
>
> Thanks for reading this far,
>
> Dylan
>
> p.s. Many thanks for an excellent app. It has already impressed me and 
> my boss. Now I just need to convince some of my peers in other 
> departments.





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