Hi, we are looking into replacing our existing backup solution, with Bacula being one of the contenders. I have been experimenting a bit with both the stable (1.38.11) and beta (1.39.26) series, and I must say I am quite impressed with Bacula! However, some open questions still remain..
1) The "RunScript" construct doesn't seem to work at all in 1.38, and it doesn't work as the documentation implies in 1.39. For example, it seems that the "RunsOnClient" setting defaults to "yes", but any "RunsOnClient=no" statement is silently ignored. This results in Bacula trying to execute local scripts on the client and thus aborting the job with a fatal error. Also, all kinds of weird errors occur when using "RunScript" instead of "ClientRunAfterJob" etc. For example, a job suddenly has a type of 0 (observed with "show jobs" from the director console) although it should inherit a "Type=Backup" from the associated JobDefs record. I'm mainly interested into using "RunScript" because the "ClientRunAfterFailed" statement mentioned in the documentation does not seem to be implemented as of 1.39.26. 2) We want to run automated backups for mobile users (notebooks connected via a VPN), but with some restrictions. For example, scheduled "full" backups should be downgraded to "incremental" if the client is not within a certain range of IP adresses (is not physically connected to our hq network etc.). However, a full backup should still be run if it is explicitly requested from a console running on the client. Is there any way to detect (by a "RunBefore" shell script running on the server) if a job is run by the scheduler or from the console? 3) When a job fails because a "RunBefore" script returns an exit code other than 0, any "RunOnFailure" scripts will be bypassed. Is this intended behaviour? 4) I've found the provided GUI tool "wx-console" for the MS Windows platform to be too complicated for non-tech savy users. Are there any alternatives? Ideally, it should be possible for any such tool to be preconfigured in such a way that a user can simply select files from a tree and hit a "restore" button, and be done with that. 5) I'd be interested in experiences other users of Bacula may have with backing up mobile clients. Any clever solutions you may want to share, etc. ;) Any help will be appreciated! Regards, Florian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
