Mitch Collinsworth <mitch AT ccmr.cornell DOT edu> writes:

> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > All in all, it sounds like a lot of work, unless this is a months-long
> > conference :)

I agree.  Changing a working backup configuration in order to handle a
temporarily out-of-town condition is just *not* something I'm willing
to do.

> Which is why it would be really nice to have a different triggering method
> for performing backups on roaming laptops.  Something that begins with the
> laptop calling in to the server and saying "Yoo-hoo!  I'm over here.  Can
> you please back me up now?"  Then the server can do the backup to holding
> disk and then flush to tape next time a regular scheduled <config> run is
> made.

This is a nice idea, but, personally, I would be happy simply to
establish a tunnel through which the backup will be tranmitted later,
at the usual time, in the usual way.  

In any event, I'm gathering that this is not something that amanda can
do right now.  Too bad.  It's something for you developers to think
about, though.

-- Steve

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