Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups
Hi, I would like to skip the weekends from any backups to run. How do I set this in the blackout or other options? I tried 0 0 in the start/end of the blackout option but it did work. Appreciate the assistance.-- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape
Hi, i...@newoffice.it wrote on 2013-11-18 16:04:25 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] save backuppc backups on a ultrium tape]: [...] i've found this script this would have been a good place to mention where you found it. [...] DATADIR=/var/lib/backuppc/pc BackupPCDATADIR=/dev/st0 This doesn't make sense with respect to the usage of these variables below. DATADIR would seem to be meant to point to some temporary space available for this script to put large amounts of data into (tars of the last backup of all hosts). BackupPCDATADIR would seem to be meant to be $TopDir/pc - in the case of Debian and Ubuntu package installs /var/lib/backuppc/pc (what DATADIR is erroneously set to). # Uncomment to remove old backups #echo Removing old backups. #find $DATADIR/ -type f | while read foo; do # rm -fv $foo #done Err, well, yes, with the correct settings of the variables. As it is here, it would remove all BackupPC backups - not likely something you actually want to do. echo Checking dump directories. ls $BackupPCDATADIR | grep -v archive | while read foo; do mkdir $DATADIR/$foo 2/dev/null chmod 777 $DATADIR/$foo 2/dev/null I read chmod 777 as I don't know what I'm doing, but something didn't work, and now it apparently does for whatever reasons. done ls $BackupPCDATADIR | grep -v archive | while read host; do echo Dumping $host `date` Ah, we're at eight dots now. Five seemed plenty. $BackupPCBIN/BackupPC_tarCreate -t -h $host -n -1 -s \* . $DATADIR/$host/$host.`date +%Y%m%W`.tar This is the one interesting line. It would seem to be correct, though your naming preferences may vary. In particular, %W won't be very descriptive if you run this more than once a week ;-). pbzip2 -p7 $DATADIR/$host/$host.`date +%Y%m%W`.tar pbzip2 is an interesting idea. Thank you for that. You should probably adapt the '-p7' switch to what suits your system, though. There may or may not be reasons for creating an intermediate copy of the tar file instead of just piping directly into pbzip2. Again, you should see what fits your system rather than copying what fitted someone else's. echo Done! `date` done exit 0 All in all, my coding style preferences differ, but it would seem to work (correct variable settings assumed!). What it gives you is compressed tar archives of the last backup of each host in a directory somewhere (or rather a directory of directories). Nothing is written to tape anywhere, though you might just need to put it somewhere your tape system is configured to pick it up. No synchronization though (unless this is *called* by the tape system as a pre-backup command). No logic to decide whether any backup has actually completed since the last call (i.e. if you disable backups for a host, this script will continue creating a tar of the same last backup of this host; if a host wasn't reachable today, you'll just get a new copy of yesterday's backup). Hope that helps. Regards, Holger -- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups
Hi,
Prem wrote on 2013-11-19 20:49:40 -0800 [Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule
to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups]:
Actually I tried various options but it somehow runs :(
$Conf {BlackoutGoodCnt} ? You have, of course, read the comments in config.pl
about how BlackoutGoodCnt, BlackoutBadPingLimit and BlackoutPeriods work
together ...
Tried 0, 24; 24, 24; 23:59, 0; etc
The default as per your suggestion would be 0, 0, [...]
That doesn't make much sense. The code checking the blackouts is bound to be
implemented in terms of = and = (possibly without the =). Explicitly
*not* looking at the code, I would expect any of the following to work
0, 24
-1, 25
-1000, 1000
(of which only the first makes any sense). A range with start == end would in
any case be ambiguous. Do you mean 0 minutes or 24 hours?
Regards,
Holger
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups
Hi Holger,
Yes 0 to 24 hrs is what I meant. What actual settings i need to do so that it
does not backup on saturday and sunday?
From: Holger Parplies wb...@parplies.de
To: Prem squirr...@yahoo.com; General list for user discussion, questions
and support backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan sharuzza...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from
running any backups
Hi,
Prem wrote on 2013-11-19 20:49:40 -0800 [Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule
to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups]:
Actually I tried various options but it somehow runs :(
$Conf {BlackoutGoodCnt} ? You have, of course, read the comments in config.pl
about how BlackoutGoodCnt, BlackoutBadPingLimit and BlackoutPeriods work
together ...
Tried 0, 24; 24, 24; 23:59, 0; etc
The default as per your suggestion would be 0, 0, [...]
That doesn't make much sense. The code checking the blackouts is bound to be
implemented in terms of = and = (possibly without the =). Explicitly
*not* looking at the code, I would expect any of the following to work
0, 24
-1, 25
-1000, 1000
(of which only the first makes any sense). A range with start == end would in
any case be ambiguous. Do you mean 0 minutes or 24 hours?
Regards,
Holger--
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups
Hi Sharuzzaman , What value do i put for the hourBegin hourEnd then? From: Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan sharuzza...@gmail.com To: Prem squirr...@yahoo.com; General list for user discussion, questions and support backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC schedule to skip Sat Sunday from running any backups Hi Prem, Click Edit Config, then click Schedule Set the blackout period weekdays to 0, 6 Click the link at BlackoutPeriods to learn more On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Prem squirr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I would like to skip the weekends from any backups to run. How do I set this in the blackout or other options? I tried 0 0 in the start/end of the blackout option but it did work. Appreciate the assistance. -- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ 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/ -- Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan -- Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ 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/
