Dear community, I have been using BackupPC successfully for several years. With the advent of the final BackupPC 4 I will reinstall my BackupPC server and reconsider the scripting. I would be glad to get some hints and ideas how to optimize the current setup:
3 GB data stored on a FreeNAS box in basement. Headless BackupPC server (Linux) physically separated in a cabinet at the attic floor. BackupPC server power remotely controlled by home automation server. Home automation server switches BackupPC on every day at 22:00. BackupPC configured to wake up at start time 22:10 with individual backup schedules for datasets. A perl control script uses the BackupPC perl scripts to first wait for the first job (backup, linking, cleaning) to appear. Next the control script waits until BackupPC has been idle for ten minutes. Control script then requests home automation server to switch off the BackupPC server with a 5 minute delay and issues a shutdown -h now. The control script is quite complex and evaluates the responses of the BackupPC perl scripts. I fear they will change with BackupPC 4 asking for recoding. In the ideal case there would be some "API" functions that facilitate the control of the server: wake up BackupPC on request not on time schedule; query whether BackupPC has completed all jobs that were to run from the latest wake-up. Maybe it's already there and I missed the docs? Cheers, Boris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
