Comments on: How to back up multiple servers http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/03/13/how-to-back-up-multiple-servers/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/03/13/how-to-back-up-multiple-servers/#comment-81574 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1943734337#comment-81574 I was just thinking that it's a pretty big departure from the rest of the *NIX world, where you just edit a standard text file. A .plist isn't technically much more than that, but the only place it exists is on MacOSX. There's likely a very good technical reason for making the change though. I was just thinking that it’s a pretty big departure from the rest of the *NIX world, where you just edit a standard text file. A .plist isn’t technically much more than that, but the only place it exists is on MacOSX. There’s likely a very good technical reason for making the change though.

]]> By: Bill Kempthorne http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/03/13/how-to-back-up-multiple-servers/#comment-81575 Bill Kempthorne Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1943734337#comment-81575 The idea is that launchd will replace both cron and watchdog for launching of services. If you are not into editing plists - I normally copy one of the existing an edit with plist editor (part of Dev tools). There are some fancier plist editors out there. There are also some launchd editors that roll the whole file for you. The idea is that launchd will replace both cron and watchdog for launching of services. If you are not into editing plists – I normally copy one of the existing an edit with plist editor (part of Dev tools). There are some fancier plist editors out there. There are also some launchd editors that roll the whole file for you.

]]> By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/03/13/how-to-back-up-multiple-servers/#comment-81576 D'Arcy Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1943734337#comment-81576 Whoah! Thanks for the heads-up, Bill. I've been merrily cron-ing stuff for years now. So, I'll have to edit .plist files to do this in the future? Whoah! Thanks for the heads-up, Bill. I’ve been merrily cron-ing stuff for years now. So, I’ll have to edit .plist files to do this in the future?

]]> By: Bill Kempthorne http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/03/13/how-to-back-up-multiple-servers/#comment-81577 Bill Kempthorne Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 1943734337#comment-81577 Since cron appears to be on its way out in favor of launchd, you might want to try this Label net.darcynorman.backup.plist LowPriorityIO Nice 1 ProgramArguments /User/dnorman/bin/backup_server.sh daily StartCalendarInterval Hour 4 Minute 30 ========= You will then have to activate it in launchd with launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/net.darcynorman.backup.plist Reference: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050620071558293 Cron wasn't running by default on early 10.4 client installs so launchd was the option. It is also supposed to catch jobs that fail to run because the computer wasn't active at the scheduled time. Since cron appears to be on its way out in favor of launchd, you might want to try this

Label
net.darcynorman.backup.plist
LowPriorityIO

Nice
1
ProgramArguments

/User/dnorman/bin/backup_server.sh
daily

StartCalendarInterval

Hour
4
Minute
30

=========

You will then have to activate it in launchd with

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/net.darcynorman.backup.plist

Reference: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050620071558293

Cron wasn’t running by default on early 10.4 client installs so launchd was the option. It is also supposed to catch jobs that fail to run because the computer wasn’t active at the scheduled time.

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