On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Sorin Srbu <Sorin.Srbu AT orgfarm.uu DOT se> 
wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com]
>> Sent: den 1 oktober 2015 16:11
>> To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
>> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Blackout period not working?
>>
>> Go to the host page on the web interface and look at the summary info at
>> the top.  There should be a couple of lines that look something like this:
>>
>> - Pings to <host> have succeeded 1417 consecutive times.
>> - Because <host> has been on the network at least 7 consecutive times, it
>> will
>> not be backed up from 8:00 to 18:00 on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri.
>>
>> For a server that is available 24/7, there should be a fairly high number of
>> consecutive pings.  If not, maybe you need to adjust the ping command.
>
> Aha! You may be on to something here.
>
> Something seems to have happened during the last days or so.
> Have some log-digging to do it seems...
>
> "Pings to 'FQDN' have succeeded 9 consecutive times.
> Because 'FQDN' has been on the network at least 7 consecutive times, it will
> not be backed up from 8:00 to 18:00 on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri."
>
> Will read up some more on the ping command too.
>
> Thanks for the hints!

Note that the next full is going to be based off the time of the last
one.  If you want to push it back to its normal schedule you can force
a run manually at about the time you want it to run.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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