On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 07:31 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 3/22/11 7:10 AM, Scott wrote:
> > If there is a different place to submit features, I apologize.
> >
> > It would be great if there were a field for machine description - for 
> > example
> > for location or similar.
> >
> > Most of the machines I deal with are 'tagged' with a number.   We usually 
> > name
> > the machine with this number, so in backuppc I see a list of machine 
> > numbers.
> >   But I have no way in backuppc to know who's machine it is - no 
> > description.
> 
> You can make up a meaningful hostname and put the real name or IP in 
> ClientAlias - but for existing entries you would have to rename the old 
> directory under pc.
> 
> > Beyond this, it might be nice to have the concept of 'groups' and searching
> > capability - I could see the number of machines going in to to several 
> > hundreds
> > at some point...
> 
> I don't think there is a way to do that - but if your names are all made up 
> you 
> might use a prefix of some sort.
> 
not to jack this thread, but the concept of 'groups' would be extremely
beneficial in virtualized environments (let's not backup /all/ of the
vm's on a single physical host at the same time). I've seen some talk of
using a semaphore
(http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
net/msg13698.html), but haven't seen a clear (to me!) implementation of this 
technique.
this post of a work-around
http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
net/msg16195.html would extend my backup period too long...

Jeff


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