Hi, 05.01.2008 14:59,, Kern Sibbald wrote:: > On Saturday 05 January 2008 11:35, Lars Köller wrote: >> 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. > > If you don't have or cannot use Dynamic DNS updates, then use the Bacula > console command SetIP (if I remember right) to have the Laptop tell the > Director what IP it is using ...
That's a bit tricky here, because you'd have to do that manually if both interfaces are available... you'd have to trigger that manually, and manually != reliable in my opinion. Or rather, finding out which IP to use seems more difficult to me (at the moment) than using a DIR-integrated solution :-) Arno > Good luck, > > Kern > >> Best regards >> >> Lars > -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
