Specific options can also be set for each Source-Destination pair in the system. For example, to specify parameters specifically for a backup job named “Shenjhou-Discovery”, there should be a section in the .rc file with the following name:
[Shenjhou-Discovery]
IMPORTANT: The section name must match the Source-Destination pair name exactly, including capitalization and delimiter characters. If there is any difference between the Source-Destination job name and the [source-destination] section name, the program will not be able to match the proper parameters to the correct backup job.
Because [source-destination] sections are optional, they are not automatically added to the .rc file by the program. You must manually add them to the .rc file if they are needed.
Date and Time Format Processing
dateformat=
timeformat=
These values override any dateformat= and timeformat= values specified in the [main] section. Specifying date and time formats on a per-job basis allows the program to properly parse and sort date and time results from backups that may be running in different locales and using different date/time display formats.
The allowable values for these options are the same as the dateformat= and timeformat= options in the [main] section. If either of these options are not specified in a [source-destination] section the equivalent option from the [main] section will be used.
NOTE: dateformat= and timeformat= in a [source-destination] section are only applied to the parsing of incoming emails. Dates and times produced in the final report are always formatted according to the default dateformat= and timeformat= options in the [main] section.
Warnings for Missing Backups
nobackupwarn = 3
nbwsubject = BACKUP WARNING: #SOURCE##DELIMITER##DESTINATION# not being backed up!
receiver = [email protected]
These options specify the parameters for sending out warning emails if a particular backup job has not been seen for a period of time. See the descriptions for these options in the [report] section for allowable values for these options. If any of these options are not specified in a [source-destination] section the following fallback options will be used:
| Option | If not found, will use |
|---|---|
| [source-destination] nobackwarn= | [report] nobackupwarn= |
| [source-destination] nbwsubject= | [report] nbwsubject= |
| [source-destination] receiver= | [outgoing] outreceiver= |
Ignore Offline Systems
offline = True
This suppresses mention of the source-destination pair in the output report. This is useful when you know a system is offline for a while and you don't want to see the "not seen in X days" warning messages in the report.
Defining Backup Intervals
backupinterval = 1
This option can be used if a back up is scheduled to run less often than dupReport is run. For example, if your "Shenjhou-Discovery" backup runs every seven days but dupReport runs daily, for 6 days in the week you will get a warning notice that "Shenjhou-Discovery" wasn't seen. Setting this option to the number of days between backups for this particular job tells dupReport that it's OK if it doesn't see a backup from that job within that time period.
If a backup from a source/destination pair is not seen while scanning the emails but the number of days since the last backup is less than the backupinterval= value, the program will simply print a notification message rather than the standard warning message. For example:
The first line represents a backup that missed its daily execution. The second line represents a backup that only runs every 10 days. If no backupinterval= value is specified in a [source-destination] section, the default is 0.
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