Hi, 25.06.2007 15:46,, Jeffrey C. Baldwin wrote:: > I'm sure the question has been answered a thousand times....
Not quite that often, I think... > But, here it goes again, can Bacula be used to backup Netware servers? > > I did some searching via Google, and found some older mailing list > threads that suggested it might be possible, even something that > mentioned Novell themselves might be interested in working with the > Bacula developers to make it happen. > > Anyhow... I appreciate any input/information on backing up Novell > servers via Bacula. In our network we have Windows, Linux, Solaris... > but Netware is the primary file/print servers. Ok, this is not something I looked into recently, but as far as I know Novell is moving towards linux as the base for the Netware services. So, when your Netware systems is linux based, you might easily be able to use Bacula. Otherwise, you'll have to mount the Netware volumes to a Bacula client and back up from there. Last time I looked, the filesystem metadate could not be sufficiently accessed from a remote mount, though. In both scenarios, you might have to implement a run before job command that dumps the metadata to a file which will be included in the backup. On restore, you'd first restore the files, then apply the metadata dump to the files. Unfortunately, I don't recall which command novell uses for this, but I guess your Netware admins will know what to do... > I did find some Suse RPM's, which led me to believe it *might* be > possible now. There are some users of Bacula which work in Netware environments, but I'm not sure they are actively reading the list (now). Looking through the archives, you might find some of them and ask how they use Bacula for Netware volumes. Arno > Thanks, > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
