also sprach martin f krafft <madd...@madduck.net> [2011.05.19.0925 +0200]: > I have a few hosts that should only be backed up between 23:00 and > 7:00, i.e. when the network is not used much. Hence, I set > BlackoutPeriod […] > However, all the PCs ended up being queued at 09:00 this morning, > and their last backup was yesterday between 17:00 and 19:00 o'clock. > It seems almost like BackupPC is just ignoring BlackoutPeriods, but > I doubt that this is the case.
To answer my own question: It is really such that BlackoutPeriods only work once and as long as BlackoutGoodCnt pings succeed in succession. I was under the (false) impression that this was some sort of internal blackout period, and BlackoutPeriods would be custom and just work. To get my desired behaviour, I set BlackoutGoodCnt to 0 globally and deleted all global BlackoutPeriods. Now, for each host that I do not want backed up during the day, I add an appropriate BlackoutPeriod. The only disadvantage is that if a host never comes online during this period, it won't be backed up, but I can live with that. It wouldn't hurt if BackupPC had some sort of MaxAgeBeforeIgnoringBlackout setting to force-ensure some backups. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- benjamin franklin spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net
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