If you know what time the backup will run, you could try running the script some hours earlier using a cron job and then back up the results.
__Martin >>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:07:30 +0000, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat \(Nokia\) via >>>>> Bacula-users said: > > Hi Bill, > > The script takes a "smart" backup of git repos of many users, by creating git > diffs for them. > Some of them may have huge non git local data in their work env. > > Anyway, your suggestion for a split backup is a good one. > > -Yateen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Arlofski via Bacula-users <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 9:08 PM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Timeout setting for ClientRunBeforeJob > > > CAUTION: This is an external email. Please be very careful when clicking > links or opening attachments. See the URL nok.it/ext for additional > information. > > > > On 6/18/25 9:06 AM, Yateen Shaligram Bhagat (Nokia) wrote: > > > > Thank you Bill for the quick reply.... > > Much appreciated ! > > You are welcome... > > > You didn't mention what your script is doing, but if it is doing something > like I said and taking too long on a large directory tree, the best fix is to > split this directory tree up into multiple Fileset/Jobs which backup > different parts of the directory tree and run them concurrently. > > > Best regards, > Bill > > -- > Bill Arlofski > w...@protonmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
