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[Tim Soderstrom <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex: Wat? :) That is one way to use Holland, for sure. Whether or not it is the most common implementation is assumption. I almost always run it via cron just because I don't need the extra complexity of something like Bacula.

Robert: See this page in the docs:

http://docs.hollandbackup.org/config.html#holland-conf-main-config

Specifically, the failed-backup-command option. It allows you to specify a command (such as using 'mail' to send an e-mail) should there be a failure. For example:

failed-backup-command = echo "${backupset} has FAILED.  Files are in ${backupdir}" | mail -s "MySQL Backup FAILED" hesdeadjim@xxxxxxxxxxx

Warm Regards,

Tim S.


On Sep 24, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Robert Navarro <crshman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey Alex,
> 
> Thanks for the prompt response!
> 
> I'm using a cron to run the job:
> 
> #
> # Cron job to run the backup job
> #
> MAILTO=dev@xxxxxxxxxx
> 0 1 * * * root /usr/sbin/holland --quiet backup
> 
> Something tells me it has to do with that --quiet parameter?
> 
> Is this the right way to be running holland?
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Alex Brandt <alunduil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 24, 2013 16:12:26 Robert Navarro wrote:
> > Is there a way to have holland send an email on a backup failure?
> 
> Hey Robert,
> 
> How are you currently running holland?  Most of the time it's run from another
> backup utility such as bacula or cron which both send email upon failures.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Alex Brandt
> Technical Trainer for Rackspace, RHCE
> http://blog.alunduil.com
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