Re: [BackupPC-users] different hosts, different schedules, different dir

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org> wrote:

I>Again not sure what you mean by schedules. Are you talking about when
backups run or about what gets backed up?

> so on one computer i may want /home/data backed-up. but on another there
> is /home/clients.
>
> it seems this is possible by going rather unelegantly directly into each
> hosts config files. is that the way it is done,

Why is this inelegant? It's exactly the purpose of having
host-specific config files so that you can do things (e.g.,
scheduling) differently for different hosts.

He just had not found the per-host section of the web interface where the 'edit config' link for the host-specific overrides lives.

> or is there a way to accomplish this from the web interface ?

I never use the web interface (I find that inelegant :P ) but I'm
pretty sure it is possible

I think adding a host with the NEW=OLD syntax is more elegant than having to both hand-edit the hosts file and copy a template for the host-specific settings to the right place.   But suit yourself.

But, there was a hint in the original post about wanting to schedule different directories from the same target differently which was not answered. This is possible, but the only way to do it is to set up what look like different host entries, using ClientNameAlias to point them back to the same target. Then you can use the per-host configuration settings to select different shares/directories/schedules.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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Re: [BackupPC-users] different hosts, different schedules, different directories