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Langdon Stevenson wrote:
> I have a number of servers at remote sites that get backed up over ADSL
> connections.  Usually the backups run in an hour or two outside of
> business hours which is fine.
>
> However occasionally a user will add a large number of files to a
> server, causing the backup to take much longer.  This causes a serious
> slow-down of the ADSL connection for staff at the effected site during
> the day.
>
> What I would like is for BackupPC to automatically stop backups at
> 7.00am or some other configurable time if they are still running.
>
> I have read the documentation and can find no way of doing this, only
> the ability to stop backups from starting during certain periods.
>
> Can anyone confirm that BackupPC is unable to do what I need?  If so,
> does anyone know of a hack or patch to add this functionality?

As far as I know there is no solution to this within BackupPC, one
thing you can do is use the bwlimit parameter to rsync, and setup QoS
on the ADSL to try and keep things reasonable. However, trying to do
VoIP can still be a challenge, in which case the only solution is to
manually login and stop the backup...

I suppose you could have a script which runs at 9am to firewall the
relevant ports and hence stop the backup, then at 5pm it unblocks again.

Regards,
Adam
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