> On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 16:26 +0200, Jens R. Victorin wrote: > > That sounds like a decent start - but the laptop may not be back for > days, by which time I have a big backlog of jobs :-/ >
Well! There's nothing stopping you from implementing some logic in the script :-) or you could perhaps make the different job resources "Max Start Delay", "Max Run Time", "Max Wait Time" etc. useful (You better check http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION000143000000000000000 for details) /Jens > > How about a "run before job"? You can poll for the laptop and release the > > backup job when it is connected. > > > > /Jens > > > > > > > Got a couple of laptop users (on MAC-assigned IP addresses). Trouble is, > > > when they are not in the office I get a backup failed. all the desktops > > > back up at 1am, but the laptop users happen at midday so they are likely > > > to be in. > > > > > > Question is - is there a way for either the laptop to initiate the > > > backup, or at least for bacula *not* to report "could not connect to > > > host" errors for those fds. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tom Newton > > > > > > SmoothWall Limited > > > 1 John Charles Way > > > Leeds > > > LS12 6QA > > > United Kingdom > > > > > > www.smoothwall.net > > > Phone: +44-(0)870 1 999 500 > > > DDI: +44-(0)113 38 74 166 > > > Fax: +44-(0)870 1 991 399 > > > > > > This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential to > > > the > > > intended recipient(s) and may not be communicated to any other person or > > > published by any means without the express permission of SmoothWall > > > Limited. > > > Any views expressed in this message are solely those of the author. > > > See: > > > http://www.smoothwall.net/emailnotice.html for the full text of this > > > notice. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bacula-users mailing list > > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
