On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM, masoodmx <[email protected]> wrote: > Could anyone please tell me, how can I configure backuppc to set a specific > period of time for a host to do backup? i.e I want to have a plan to make > backup for a host only between 18:00 and 20:00 >
Look for the Blackout related variables on http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html for the full details, but basically you would just go to the web page for that host, 'Edit Config' (the upper one in the per-host section) and and under 'Schedule' set the BlackoutPeriods to: hourBegin 20 hourEnd 18 weekdays 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 That is, you tell backuppc when _not_ to back up the target. Also note that the blackout schedule doesn't take effect until BlackoutGoodCnt days have elapsed with backuppc able to ping the target outside of the blackout time. When practical, I usually start the first backup of a new target manually at an appropriate time and let the approximately 24-hour schedule take care of it until BlackoutGoodCnt would take effect. And one other thing - you can only control when the backup starts. It will run until the backup completes, even if that goes beyond your time window. -- Les Mikesell [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
