>>>>> On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:17:50 +0100, Jeremy Maes said:
> 
> So on to the questions:
> Can an admin job execute scripts on a client, or only locally? Are there 
> any other restrictions to admin jobs? Or did I just make some stupid 
> mistake? ^^

Admin jobs run entirely in the Director, so can't use client scripts.


> Another, related question: Does anyone know when exactly the "run 
> before" scripts are executed? Mainly, are they executed *before* bacula 
> mounts the storage, or are they executed after bacula mounts but before 
> it actually uses the storage?

The non-client run-before scripts are executed before any interaction with the
storage or client.


> If it runs before a mount I could probably get away running my script as 
> a run before script in the backupjob itself instead of using an admin 
> job. Would also serve to lower the amount of jobs all of our clients see 
> in their logs.

Yes, I think so.

__Martin

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