On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Alan Brown <a...@mssl.ucl.ac.uk> wrote: >> From: Phil Stracchino <ala...@metrocast.net > >> > However, that requires you to re-enable it at a later time. A >> > maintenance feature would allow you to enter a window and the job >> > would postpone until the window passes. > >> Yes, indeed. But it can be done with existing features, and without you >> having to predict in advance how long yopur maintenance window is. >> >> Given that an existing feature (which, in bconsole, is "enable/disable >> job ...") already exists, though, if you really want the automatic >> operation that you're asking about, it's really not hard to script it. > > I think you're missing the point. Disable/enable is easy. > > Disabling/reenabling jobs will not start jobs which should have kicked > off during the maintenance window. > > I suspect the OP wants something like cron's functionality, which will > evaluate if missed jobs should be started immediately or skipped until > the next invokation. >
Indeed the point was missed... Where I work we operate within a strict maintenance window. If our SA's want to take a server down from 12am-4am then thats their window, no guess work about it. I figured it might be useful to have Bacula be aware of this window and kick off the backup (or re-try in *user specified min* if client-fd doesn't respond on first attempt) so that I don't have to wake up at 4am just to re-enable/run the job. However from the sounds of most replies, most people don't operate within the confines of a maintenance window. --Derek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
