Re: [BackupPC-users] suggestion: make wakeups start at 8am
2009-07-08 12:05:09
Filipe Brandenburger wrote:
>
>> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = ...
>> The default configuration causes BackupPC to run the BackupPC_nightly job
>> when there are backup jobs which may need to run during the night...
>> Comments, anyone?
>
> Yes, I would suggest decoupling the start time for the
> BackupPC_nightly job from the obscure setting of being the first hour
> on which WakeupSchedule is set to.
>
> I believe it would be much more clear if there was a separate
> NightlyWakeupSchedule or such setting that would specify at which time
> that process would start running. BackupPC would wake up on either
> WakeupSchedule or NightlyWakeupSchedule, and then would decide if it
> would run backups or BackupPC_nightly (or both) based on that hour
> being on the first, second, or both variables. In that case, it would
> also be much easier to set a sensible default time for
> BackupPC_nightly to run.
>
> Also, as an aside, the process should probably be renamed to
> BackupPC_daily, as it makes more sense to run it during the day when
> backups are not running. Isn't that right?
I'm not sure you can make a general assumption about when backups are
run. Most places would catch machines that are on all the time at night
but there may also be a lot of desktop machines that are either started
manually through the web interface or caught outside of the blackout
time because they aren't available at night.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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