Hi Arno, thanks for your suggestions!
Arno Lehmann schrieb: >> I'm looking for a solution to backup my Windows Professional Laptop over >> multiple network adapters (LAN and WLAN) with different IP addresses. > > Tricky... sometimes. Yes, it seems so ;-) > As I suppose the two network adapters are in different networks, you'd > need a secondary IP address for the client in Bacula - that's not > possible currently. No they are in the same subnet. >> Another solution would be the possibility to configure more than one IP >> address in bacula for an client and the director tries to connect to them. > > Exactly :-) > > I see two possible approaches. > > The one I usually use is to use dynamic DNS updates with the DHCP > server, so that my notebook always has the same DNS name assigned, > independent of its IP address. In the DIR configuration, I then use > the FQDN as the address. Hmm, dynamic update is working, but when I'm connected per wire both network adapters are active ... I think this will not work, cause static IP assignment for different MAC accresses leads to some trouble inside the DHCP server. > The other possible solution is more fun: > Set up a run before job to ping the client. Also set up a retry > interval etc. > > The run before script could, if the ping fails, change the DIR > configuration to use the next possible address and use bconsole to > trigger a configuration reload. > > The DIR would retry that job later, with the new IP address. > > A bit of shellscript and possibly AWK would be necessary... unless you > include the client configuration with the @-operator and, for example, > only swap through the possible configuration files. > > Rather simple, now that I think about it :-) Yes, but it seems so simple, that trouble from Murphy will come with it, too ;-) I hope Kern would be able to schedule a solution into the roadmap of bacula for more than one IP or FQDN for a client. Best regards Lars -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
