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[BackupPC-users] How to force full backups on weekends?

2011-04-13 13:56:28
Subject: [BackupPC-users] How to force full backups on weekends?
From: Jake Wilson <jake.wilson AT answeron DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:54:13 -0600
In order to minimize cpu load on our servers at the office, I'd like to make sure that the full backups only occur on the weekends.  Is there a straightforward way to accomplish this in the interface or do I need to go the cron job route?


It sounds like it's better to allow BackupPC to choose when the back things up... but how does it decide?  How does it know what is the best time?

I've also noticed that when I add a new host to the config, lets say on a Wednesday afternoon, the full backups for that server always seem to occur on Wednesday nights.  It would be nice to set up the config so that the full backups happen on Friday or Saturday nights, but does that mean that I need to manually add those servers into the config on Friday or Saturday afternoon?  Or can I just schedule it somehow?

Jake Wilson
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