Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Hi All, > > We are now in the process of setting up Bacula on a server so that we > can do some testing. > > I am wondering how to use Bacula to backup client systems across a Wan > that may be on a different subnet (possibly masquraged) and perhaps > even behind a firewall in some cases. > > If I understand what I have read, the Bacula Director signals the > client system when it is time for a backup, but doesn't this create > problems when the client system is behind a firewall and Bacula may > not be able to make contact? >
We are successfully using Bacula across a WAN. We have some clients configured PIX <-> WAN <-> PIX, some configured PIX <-> WAN <-> SMOOTHWALL, and some PIX <-> VPN <-> PIX. All work just fine. The only issue we ran into was where I have several clients behind a single IP. In that case I just put each client on a unique port. You will need to follow the instruction in the manual concerning Firewalls. We have ACLs in our PIXs to allow the fd to reach out to the sd and the dir to reach out to the fd. So far no problems. Our biggest issue has been bandwidth and just being able to move the amount a data we need on a sometimes less than great connection. Not at all Bacula's fault. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
