On 23/11/12 15:39, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Grob <mgrob AT grobfamily DOT org> 
> wrote:
>>
>> OK so here's the problem - when i issue the command to start a full backup, 
>> nothing happens.  there is nothing in the queue, no log of a failed 
>> attempted, nothing.  (there is a log in the server that says a full backup 
>> was requested)
>>
>> -backupPC status seems to report nothing in the queue and no attempts made.  
>> It does report that there were no ping responses, but that is expected, 
>> since icmp is blocked between these two machines.
> Backuppc won't continue if the ping test fails.  Change $Conf{PingCmd}
> to something that will succeed like /bin/true.
Or allow ICMP ping requests.... Or find another simple command that will
attempt a connection on port 22 (SSH), and return it's result similar to
what ping does. The ping is used to determine if the machine is online
or not, and in conjunction with the blackoutperiods, to determine if
BackupPC shoud attempt a backup as soon as the remote machine is online
(ignore the blackoutperiod) or wait until it is online outside of the
blackoutperiod. Also, if the machine is offline (or you are getting an
old IP address) you will want to ensure the attempted backup will fail
quickly, so it doesn't take a week to timeout and retry.

Also, be aware of how everything will behave when the IP address changes
(do you need to re-add the remote server to your known_hosts? etc)

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Adam

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