This is a feature I've wanted as well.  I have virtual machines running on 
multiple hypervisors, and I'd prefer to only run one backup per hypervisor at a 
time.  If I could do that, I could get away with backups during the day... but 
if I back up the main file server and the groupware server at the same time, 
tech support starts getting calls about things being slow.

On 08/28/2014 08:03 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 7:01 AM, Andreas Schnederle-Wagner -
> Futureweb.at <schnederle AT futureweb DOT at> wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible that backuppc allows you to put your hosts into groups (aka
>> queues) so that you could limit the number of backup jobs running from any
>> specific queue/host group?
>>
>
> No you can't do that by groups, but unless you have a mix of fast and
> slow networks/hosts you will probably get the best performance by
> setting the overall concurrency (MaxBackups) to 2 or so since you have
> the same problem server-side.   You can have some control over timing
> by setting the blackout periods differently and you can initially skew
> them by doing a 'stop' (even if a backup isn't running) and setting a
> number of hours to defer the next run.    The approximately 24-hour
> scheduling will maintain the skew afterward.
>
-- 
Carl D Cravens (ccravens AT excelii DOT com), Ext 228 (620.327.1228)
Lead System Architect

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