Archive:Shutdown after backup (POST Process)
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Green IT is a new trend in the IT. It's often unnecessary to run a computer all the time. After the backup a computer which is no longer needed, for example a desktop PC, can be shut down. Here are the instructions on how to shutdown a (Windows) PC after the backup.
Green IT with SEP.
First - add a POST process to the backup task.
Now edit the responding sbc_post file. Choose in the SEP sesam GUI --> Configuration -> Interfaces -> 'Post' Interface
Choose the computer from the list, e.g. hagakure
Please add the following lines to the sbc_post file:
For Windows:
rem === Please insert your specific actions here =====================================
echo "shutdown -s -t 120"
shutdown -s -t 120
rem echo STATUS:ERROR {message}
echo STATUS:OK
exit
For Linux:
echo "shutdown -h +2" shutdown -h +2
The first line "shutdown ...." is the message which is written in the POST Log file during the backup. The options invoke a shutdown of the computer two minutes after the backup has finished.
Calculation - savings with Green IT:
Backup at 01:00 a.m. or 8:00 p.m. with following shutdown of the PC - the backup takes one hour.
| Backup starts at 1 a.m. | from | till | duration | amount of time | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| use time | 08:00 | 19:00 | 11 h | 45,83 % | |
| idle time | 19:00 | 01:00 | 6 h | 25 % | |
| backup time | 01:00 | 02:00 | 1 h | 4,17 % | |
| off time | 02:00 | 08:00 | 6 h | 25 % | approx. 25 % |
| Backup starts at 8 p.m. | from | till | duration | amount of time | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| use time | 08:00 | 19:00 | 11 h | 45,83 % | |
| idle time | 19:00 | 20:00 | 1 h | 4,17 % | |
| backup time | 20:00 | 01:00 | 1 h | 4,17 % | |
| off time | 21:00 | 08:00 | 11 h | 45,83 % | approx. 46 % |