Some machines which I back up are occasionally put to sleep. I have a few options: I could try hard to keep the machines from going to sleep, but any user can put some of the machines to sleep. I cou
Author: Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:31:27 -0500
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 06:00:59PM -0800, Kevin Dalley enlightened us: Most people would either make it part of their cron job, or use a wrapper: http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-wrapper.html Matt --
--On November 10, 2005 6:00:59 PM -0800 Kevin Dalley <kevin AT kelphead DOT org> wrote: Does amanda have a method of automatically running wakeonlan, or the equivalent? What do other people do? I don
Thanks for the suggestion. A wrapper (or part of the cron job) only handles part of the problem. If the machine has a timeout, say 1 hour, then either solution will allow the estimate to be performed
Oops. I misread the position of the wrapper. Since the wrapper described on http://www.amanda.org/docs/howto-wrapper.html runs on the client, the wrapper won't work if the client is asleep. -- Kevin
Author: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:19:40 +0100
A wrapper (or part of the cron job) only handles part of the problem. If the machine has a timeout, say 1 hour, then either solution will allow the estimate to be performed, but the backup itself may