Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread Gavin McCullagh
Hi, On Fri, 02 Apr 2010, Avi Rozen wrote: > Gavin McCullagh wrote: > > 1. Start bconsole > > 2. Type "run" > > 3. Type "exit" > > 4. The messages are emailed to the user so they know when the job is > >finished. > > Assuming the laptop is running a Debian based Linux distro: can't this > be

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread Avi Rozen
Gavin McCullagh wrote: > 1. Start bconsole > 2. Type "run" > 3. Type "exit" > 4. The messages are emailed to the user so they know when the job is >finished. > Assuming the laptop is running a Debian based Linux distro: can't this be automated by running a backup script from /etc/networks/

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread Gavin McCullagh
Hi, On Fri, 02 Apr 2010, Avarca, Anthony wrote: > I'm using bacula to backup desktop and laptop clients. The desktops work > well with a schedule, but laptops are another story. Does anyone have a > strategy to backup laptops? Is it possible to have the user trigger a > backup? It's not the pret

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread Jayson Broughton
We back up about 200 workstation clients currently backing up, I would say out of that; 80 of them are laptops. I found that rescheduling the backup on failure seems to work with a 10 hour window. This is added to a JobDefs as such: This way, when a user comes in later on in the day and missed th

Re: [Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread ebollengier
Hi Anthony, Avarca, Anthony wrote: > > All, > > I'm using bacula to backup desktop and laptop clients. The desktops work > well with a schedule, but laptops are another story. Does anyone have a > strategy to backup laptops? Is it possible to have the user trigger a > backup? > > Any feedback

[Bacula-users] Backup Strategy for Laptops

2010-04-02 Thread Avarca, Anthony
All, I'm using bacula to backup desktop and laptop clients. The desktops work well with a schedule, but laptops are another story. Does anyone have a strategy to backup laptops? Is it possible to have the user trigger a backup? Any feedback is welcomed. Anthony Avarca aava...@anl.gov 630.252.49