> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arno Lehmann [mailto:a...@its-lehmann.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:41 PM
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is it possible to Set a Job Level
> with a Schedule without Scheduling the Job?
>
>
> Hello,
> 02.12.2009 15:17, Clark Hartness wrote:
> > Hi Arno,
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arno Lehmann [mailto:a...@its-lehmann.de]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 4:19 AM
> > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Is it possible to Set a Job
> Level with a
> > Schedule without Scheduling the Job?
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > 02.12.2009 01:02, Clark Hartness wrote:
> >> Arno said:
> >>
> >> "alternatively, you could run your script from a RunScript
> resource
> >> in the
> > Job."
> >>>>> I am writing a filelist to the CLIENT MACHINE which I
> am using the
> >>>>> following in the include as such in the FileSet
> >
> > If that's all your script does, you can use its output as the file
> > list to back up directly: "If the vertical bar (|) in front of
> > my_partitions is preceded by a backslash as in \|, the
> program will be
> > executed on the Client's machine instead of on the Director's
> > machine." from
> http://www.bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/install/install/Configu
> ring_Director.
> > html#SECTION00670000000000000000
> >
> >>>>>
>
> A rather inconvenient way to mark your text inside quoted
> text... I believe you can get Outlook to create proper (i.e.,
> what is considered the normal style) qoutes somehow.
Hopefully this is somewhat better....
>
> The Script (Ruby) is a good deal more complicated and
> creates multiple
> > files. In short it decends ICManage and Synchronicity Workspaces
> > listing files that are not protected by Revision control.
> But it also
> > marshals the files and writes other files to allow for management
> > allowing users to be notified if they fail to check in files on a
> > regular basis and clean up unneed files from work areas.
>
> Well, in that case modifying this script to create a file
> list might be more efort than reasonably invested.
>
> > So, instead of
> >> Include {
> >> Options {
> >> compression=GZIP
> >> signature = MD5
> >> }
> >> # Backup Specific Files Not Under Revision Control
> >> File = "\\</var/lib/bacula/cyswaps.workspaces"
> >> }
> >
> > you could to
> > File="\\|/path/to/your.script" if the script just prints
> the files to
> > back up to stdout.
> >
> >>>>> The standard output/error are piped to /dev/null.
> >
> > Of course, you could do other things in the script as well,
> as long as
> > they don't produce output, like actually creating some of
> the files to back up.
> >
> > You might end up with a situation where the backup level doesn't
> > matter, for example if you create files in the script, they will
> > always be new and thus picked up by jobs of any level.
> >
> >>>>> Backing all this up to disk and have some concern for a
> >>>>> manageable
> > retention/recycling schedule as we are in the early stages of this
> > development. By using the crontab to call the bacula job I
> have the
> > ability to test if the file list exists or if it is
> complete assuring
> > the script did not fail. I have incorporated a function to
> determine
> > the dayofweek and currently the crontab will call a level=full on
> > Saturday and default to incrementals other days.
>
> Ok, that sounds like the most reasonable solution then.
>
> >>>>> Thanks for your time and direction!
> >
> > Clark
> >
> > Arno
> >
> >>>>> When I attempted to run the script as a ClientRunBeforeJob and
> > RunScript On the Client it would use whatever files were in
> the list
> > at the time the Scheduler started the job not the files that were
> > generated by the script. So basically the file list from
> the previous
> > run was being backed up and not the list from the current
> run of the script.
>
> Right, that can be a bit inconvenient :-)
>
> Arno
Thanks again for your direction!
Clark
>
> >> Clark
> >>
> >>
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