-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 01/28 09:27 , Timothy Murphy wrote: >> How do I ensure that backups occur at 5am? > > first, let's ask: what problem are you trying to solve? > backuppc is designed to schedule backups intelligently, and make them go off > when needed and when possible; not according to an inflexible schedule. > > Are you trying to make them *not* happen at a particular time? > Or is there a compelling reason to have them be attempted at 5am, no matter > what? (it can't be guaranteed that they will occur; there may be a link > problem, or some other physical issue). > > Read the config.pl file section about 'blackouts' if you're just trying to > keep them from happening at inopportune times. > > If you really need to force one to be tried at a particular time, set up a > cron job. There's an entry in the backuppc wiki describing how to do this. >
Or just restrict the wakeup time to only be 5am... Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmA2E8ACgkQGyoxogrTyiWc9gCgmWkScH1dL3m4CClaywXHjBgq tYQAoILv+bLx1yxFB6ysWm/4mdWQdOal =56ZF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
