Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-03 Thread Rich
On 2007.07.02. 21:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ah... > > Some clarification: by clients, I meant the client application, the bacula-fd > agent rather then the machines themselves, though in general if you can use > RunBeforeJob with a completely shut down system and have no problems, do

Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread anoonan
well. Thanks, Andrew -Original Message- From: Kyle Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, July 2, 2007 12:19 pm To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand When I was having problems with downed clients causing y backups to wait for

Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread Kyle Marsh
When I was having problems with downed clients causing y backups to wait for a long time, someone suggested using RunBeforeJob to ping the client and if it failed, to reschedule for an hour later. The suggestion was also made to netboot the computers, back them up, and if they were not on to begin

Re: [Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Do not schedule a job, just run it when you feel like running it. This makes the most sense. To do this, you would create a job, but include no schedule. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm a new user to bacula and I'm trying to start

[Bacula-users] start/stop client on demand

2007-07-02 Thread anoonan
Hi all, I'm a new user to bacula and I'm trying to start using this at work to replace the current mix of scripts that do backups (to disk).  One of the requested requirements is to leave the clients off for as long as possible, preferably turning them on only when a job is ready to run