>>>>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:42:09 +0100, Arno Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hello, > > On 2/23/2006 8:11 PM, Jeremy Koppel wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Weve been using Bacula in our company since the beginning > > of the year with a good deal of success, but I had a scheduling question > > that I hadnt anticipated earlier. As part of our backup rotation, I > > have 2 additional pools, Offsite1 and Offsite2 (just 1 tape each for > > now), that are scheduled to be written to on alternating Saturdays. How > > it actually breaks down is: > ... > > * The Question: * > > > > But I see that we have a problem coming up in April; 5 Saturdays. So if > > I specify either pool for the 5^th Saturday, we loose our rotation. I > > see that what we actually need to do is to set these up for every other > > Saturday regardless of when it falls during the month. My question is, > > how do you do that? > > I'd try using the week of year specification in the schedule. You'd > simply schedule like > > run = pool=offsite1 w01,w03,w05,... sat at 2:00 > > the problems here: I don't know if this actually works :-) and you still > have to worry about the odd number of weeks per year. At least only one > a year, and simply by swapping the pool definitions in the job overrides > of the schedules... > > The better solution, also absolutely untested, would be to use the > python interface and implement a simple script that determines which > pool to use. I even assume it's impossible at the moment, because in the > manual it states that the Pool attribute of a job object in python is > read-only... but that might change one fine day :-)
Another way is to run both jobs every week and have a RunBeforeJob script that returns an non-zero exit status if it is the wrong week (which causes the job to abort). __Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
