#24 Issue `closed`: Give more time for entering TSM restore options¶

Labels: enhancement, waiting for info

dagwieers opened issue at 2012-03-28 07:39:¶

Reported by hreif as SF#2939418

In verify/TSM/default/40_verify_tsm.sh user has 30 secs to enter the number for the filespaces to recover. For more complex setups this is not enough, especially if not all filesystems are to be recovered (e.g. they are non-locallly)

Therefore I added a timed question whether he want to change something.
If he wants then user has all the time he needs to choose the right spaces.

In principle, verify/TSM/default/39_request_point_in_time_restore_parameters.sh has the same problem, but there 30 secs might be enough for entering a date there.

dagwieers commented at 2012-03-28 07:40:¶

An interesting discussion and code examples are provided in the original feature request at SF#2939418

hreif commented at 2012-07-25 11:10:¶

SF tracker has been disabled for this project. Are those code snippets and discussions preserved?

dagwieers commented at 2012-07-25 12:46:¶

Yes, we have a backup of all content. There does not seem to be an option to leave the SF tracker in read-only mode, so I decided to disable it to prevent people from reporting issues there. (Only a handful of issues from SF are open, so the impact was not that big)

Is there something specific you like ? I can try to copy&paste the original content, but it might not be that easy :-/

hreif commented at 2012-07-25 13:14:¶

I was just curious, where my script went ;-)

In fact I was looking for the current version in order to update our
private 1.7.22d version. I found that the 40_verify_tsm.sh patch was
missing and that both dr/GNU/Linux/10_describe_diskbyid_mappings.sh and
finalize/GNU/Linux/16_remove_diskbyid.sh (other Ticket) were not present.
So I raised my voice ;-)

Another thing: there is still the old webpage like
http://rear.sourceforge.net/documentation.php which doesn'T point to the
new location (okay, deep linking sometimes guides you wrong ;-)

Viele Grüsse

Holger Reif

dagwieers commented at 2012-08-12 22:19:¶

@hreif Let me know if I should bring anything back from SF though !

And yes, the old website should disappear (or redirect). The current implementation is problematic (to say the least). I will open another ticket for this. Thanks for reporting !

gdha commented at 2013-03-15 12:55:¶

@hreif Has everything being restored (patches/updates)? Otherwise, we can close this issue, right?

gdha commented at 2013-10-02 06:27:¶

In the conf/default.conf file we introduced (since rear-1.15) a new variable:

# some external backup software give you the opportunity to enter paths to exclude ...
# we tend to use a timer in seconds we wait before continuing (we do not want to break the automated restores)
WAIT_SECS=30

With this the original question has been fulfilled - we're good to finally close this issue.

schlomo commented at 2013-10-02 10:27:¶

Hmm. Maybe we should name the parameter something like
"INTERACTIVE_PROMPT_TIMEOUT"? Much more explaining what it does...

On 2 October 2013 08:27, gdha notifications@github.com wrote:

In the conf/default.conf file we introduced (since rear-1.15) a new
variable:

some external backup software give you the opportunity to enter paths to exclude ...¶

we tend to use a timer in seconds we wait before continuing (we do not want to break the automated restores)¶

WAIT_SECS=30

With this the original question has been fulfilled - we're good to finally
close this issue.

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#24 Issue closed: Give more time for entering TSM restore options¶