On 06/29/2014 10:00 PM, Johannes Kastl wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi everybody, > > I need to backup several VMs, therefore I setup dirvish with SSH keys, > and everything runs smooth. Using the right excludes and > forced-commands and all is well. > > One thing I am not sure about: > > What's the best way to backup clients, that are not always running? Is > there a ways to check if the client is up and running, and only backup > if it is? How did all of you solve this? > > Running some kind of pre-server script, which fails, when the client > is down, does still create a directory for the failed backup. > > Thanks in advance!
I would consider a different backup software like burp. tamas _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
