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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup-PC Project

2014-09-26 12:11:50
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup-PC Project
From: Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <sharuzzaman AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:09:41 +0800
Hi,

Instead of reading directly from files and directories, I think people should start with creating proper reporting API for BackupPC.

One this reporting API is already in place, a lot of other beneficial plugin can be created, just by querying this API.

Example reporting API:
- no. of pending backup
- no. of pending user backup
- pool size
- total file in pool
- repeated file
- longest chain
- etc

This info is somehow being calculated by BackupPC, but not being exposed via proper API.

See http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/BackupPCServerStatus.html


On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Dick Tump (Shock Media B.V.) <dick AT shockmedia DOT nl> wrote:
Hello Heuzé,

For my work I have created a few scripts that collects BackupPC
information from the text files with backup details and then stores it
into the MySQL database of our server administration. This is very
simple to do, for example with a small Perl script. Unfortunately I
can't share those scripts (and it's not very useful for others), but to
help you a bit further: how I did it, was just reading the 'backup'
files in de pc/servername directory. To find out what each value means,
I have compared them to what the webinterface lists.

Of course you can do the same with all other information, or make
scripts to extract files, send you notifications by e-mail, or put
details in some kind of database which makes it easy for you to search
for information.

Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
Dick Tump | Shock Media B.V.

Tel: +31 (0)546 - 714360
Fax: +31 (0)546 - 714361
Web: http://www.shockmedia.nl/

Connect to me @ LinkedIn:
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/dicktump

On 09/26/2014 03:48 PM, Heuzé Florent wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> As part of a research project, I want to make the development of an
> Backup-PC's plugin.
>
> Currently, in my business, integrity of backups are carried out by human
> with the Backup-PC interface (last backup age, xfer errors, average
> backups sizes, average backups duration, random file extraction, etc ...).
>
> This is repetitive, lengthy and inefficient task.
>
> The aim is therefore to create a plugin to get information quickly and
> efficiently needed for these manual checks.
>
> I communicated this project to the Backup-PC community to collect your
> opinions, advice, support and ideas. I also invite you to share your
> experience if you have the same problem, the next step is the
> realization of a functional analysis to determine the real need.
>
> kind regard,
>
>
> Heuzé Florent
> FIREWALL-SERVICES SARL.
> Société de Services en Logiciels Libres
> Technopôle Montesquieu
> 33650 MARTILLAC
> Visio:https://vroom.im/heuzef
> Web  :http://www.firewall-services.com
>
>
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