BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to stop starting new backup jobs?

2010-11-23 07:27:16
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to stop starting new backup jobs?
From: Pavel Hofman <pavel.hofman AT ivitera DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:22:53 +0100
Luis Paulo napsal(a):
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 16:16, Luis Paulo <luis.barbas AT gmail DOT com> 
> wrote:
>>>> Setting $Conf{BackupsDisable} = 2; for all clients won't do what you want?
>>>>
>>>> See 
>>>> http://your_server/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_backupsdisable_
>>>>
>>>> With web gui select for each client -> Edit Config -> Schedule -> On
>>>> blackouts set BackupsDisable to 2.
>>> Luis,
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for your help. Setting this option for all clients (i.e. in
>>> the main config) is perfect, but is there a way to tell backuppc (while
>>> running a backup job) to reload its configuration (re-read the config
>>> files) so that next backup jobs already reflect the changed
>>> configuration? In my experience I always had to restart backuppc.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> Pavel.
>>>
>> You're probably right, but I'm not sure you need to reload/restart
>> backuppc (mostly if you change clients .pl).
>> Any way, I found this:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
>> net/msg19741.html
>>


Hi Luis,

I apologize for late reply, it took me a while to test your solution.
Thanks a lot, it works as advertised :-) Now our offline-copy script
disables futher backups, and re-enables them after the external drives
are fully synchronized and removed from the raid array.

Pavel.

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