If I set my FullPeriod to 10 (days) and the cron job runs every Saturday (7 days), the FullPeriod will not be reached?
The BackupPC_nighly job will recognize the cron job backup data and will remove the old backups? Jose -----Original Message----- From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 2:53 PM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Really confused with scheduling Jose Torres wrote: > Another doubt: > > The BackupPC_nighly job does not do any actual backup, right? It only does > housekeeping jobs? Yes, it has to run to expire old backups and release the space they used. > I should set a cron job for the BackupPC_nightly job and set > $Conf{BackupsDisable} = 1; > Or leave $Conf{BackupsDisable} = 0 and set $Conf{BlackoutPeriods} to every > day/hour to simulate BackupDisable = 1 > > Or what do you suggest would be the better way? If I were doing it (and cared about down-to-the-second scheduling), I'd leave most things at the defaults and set $Conf{FullPeriod} and $Conf{IncrPeriod} to times that will never be reached as long as the cron-initiated runs happen when you expect. I'm not sure there is good locking between scheduled runs and ServerMesg jobs so be sure you allow enough time for your jobs to complete and reset the scheduler's timer. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
