Re: Scheduling of backups at different times for different machines

Thanks Doug, I'll give that a try tonight & I'll report back tomorrow.

Doug Lytle wrote:

> 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;
> $Conf{BlackoutWeekDays}  = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
>
> This causes it to be always subject to blackout (ie: not start new backups)
> from 5am - 11pm every day of the week (Sun-Sat).
>
> Craig
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I'm sure you can modify it to meet your needs.
>
> Doug
>
>
> Dylan Swift wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a question that I can't seem to find the answer to in the 
> > documentation:
> >
> > How do I configure BackupPC to perform backups on different machines 
> > at different times?
> >
> > I have tried adding a '$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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