Monitor Backup process

[McMelloW]

Hi Domoticans

To monitor Domoticz, I use Monit. This works fine. Now I want to use RaspiBackup to backup the entire SD-Card of my Raspberry. During this backup I have to stop Domoticz and start it again when the backup is finished. However, Monit starts Domoticz again before the backup is finished.

I want to stop monitoring Domoticz, stop Domoticz
Start monitoring the backup process by Monit.
When the backup is finished successful stop monitoring raspibackup
Start Domoticz again and start the monitoring of domoticz.

Who can help how to set this up.

[waaren]

To monitor Domoticz, I use Monit. This works fine. Now I want to use RaspiBackup to backup the entire SD-Card of my Raspberry. During this backup I have to stop Domoticz and start it again when the backup is finished. However, Monit starts Domoticz again before the backup is finished.

Assuming you domoticz process is named domoticz in monit and your backup process is named backup

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sudo monit unmonitor domoticz
sudo monit stop domoticz
sudo monit start backup
sudo monit monitor backup
sudo monit unmonitor backup
sudo monit stop backup  # maybe not needed as it finished ?
sudo monit start domoticz
sudo monit monitor domoticz

[McMelloW]

To monitor Domoticz, I use Monit. This works fine. Now I want to use RaspiBackup to backup the entire SD-Card of my Raspberry. During this backup I have to stop Domoticz and start it again when the backup is finished. However, Monit starts Domoticz again before the backup is finished.

Assuming you domoticz process is named domoticz in monit and your backup process is named backup

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sudo monit unmonitor domoticz
sudo monit stop domoticz
sudo monit start backup
sudo monit monitor backup
sudo monit unmonitor backup
sudo monit stop backup  # maybe not needed as it finished ?
sudo monit start domoticz
sudo monit monitor domoticz

Thanks for your fast reply. Is it that easy? I must have overlooked it in the documentation.

[HansieNL]

Hi Domoticans

To monitor Domoticz, I use Monit. This works fine. Now I want to use RaspiBackup to backup the entire SD-Card of my Raspberry. During this backup I have to stop Domoticz and start it again when the backup is finished. However, Monit starts Domoticz again before the backup is finished.

I want to stop monitoring Domoticz, stop Domoticz
Start monitoring the backup process by Monit.
When the backup is finished successful stop monitoring raspibackup
Start Domoticz again and start the monitoring of domoticz.

Who can help how to set this up.

You can select Domoticz and Monit services to stop during backup and enable them after backup. You can do that in the RaspiBackup menu.

[McMelloW]

You can select Domoticz and Monit services to stop during backup and enable them after backup. You can do that in the RaspiBackup menu.

Yes, that is what I did so far.
I want to do a regular unattended backup at 03:00. I want to monitor the raspiBackup.sh and be sure it all went OK.

[Kruu]

Is it crucial to stop Domoticz during live backup?

[waaren]

Is it crucial to stop Domoticz during live backup?

It depends on the tool / commands used. If you use the sqlite3 .backup 'backup filename' command or the domoticz internal backup, you don't have to stop domoticz.
When using tools like cp, rsync or similar you should.