On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:07:34 +0300 Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote:
... > Cron can and will send a e-mail to a pre-determined address, if a batch > job writes something to stdout/stderr. > So then you do a backup, you have two choices: > > a) Log all and everything, and get your e-mail every day. > b) Log errors only and get your e-mail only if something goes wrong. > > I prefer the latter, but YMMV. My problem with the latter has to do with the case where the backups are pulled by a server, and that server loses connectivity or crashes ... Of course, this can be solved with some sort of monitoring solution, but I do prefer the security of messages informing me that the backups are executing properly. Celejar
