Hi, 18.10.2007 21:40,, Shon Stephens wrote:: > I am using Bacula 2.0.3 (though I'm not sure this is the Windows FD > version). I'm trying to backup the Sytem State and configure VSS > options, but haven't deciphered from the manual how to do them. > I'm not very familiar with Windows, but these are clients that must be > backed up by Bacula. > > FIrst, I need to backup the "System State". In the manual I see these > instructions to run " ntbackup backup systemstate /F c:\systemstate.bkf" > before backing up with Bacula. My question is can this be executed via > the FD as a command,
That is the most reasonable approach in my opionion - just put a "client run before job" command into your job resource, where you call a script that does the necessary work (like, in this case, the system state backup). I prefer the actual ntbackup call in a batch file because it makes qouting in the configuration file easier :-) > or does it need to be scheduled on the host? You could, but things might break when your jobs are delayed. > What > are the requirements of running a command or script on a Windows system > via the FD? The called program has to exist. More information, also regarding return code handling, can be found in the job resource chapter in the manual. > The other things I'm trying to do are options from ArcServe Brightstor, > where I'm migrating these clients from... > > Windows - Traverse Directory junctions, Volume mount points I'm not knowing ArcServe very well, but Junctions and mount points, as far as I know, should be handled correctly by Bacula. I haven't done any testing, though. > Windows - No preserve file hard links No idea. > VSS - Exclude files included by writer > VSS - Exclude files excluded by writer No idea. I *believe* that Bacula, when using VSS, backs up the VSS-handled files only once, namely the snapshot copy. > I can see that you can set "EnableVSS = yes", but not how to set any > policies, or how to control its behavior. I see a FileSet option called > "hardlinks", but not sure if this applies to NTFS file systems and No > idea how to specify to Traverse Directory junctions and volume mount > points. Actually, the more sophisticated windows file system things are more or less untested, I believe. Which doesn't mean it does not work correctly, but the correctness is not extensively tested by regression testing these features. (If you know your ways with windows, you might come up with some tests yourself - I'm sure Kern would gladly incorporate these tests into the regression scripts; also, if you know how to handle these features, you might help better supporting them. The main problem with these windows-specifics in Bacula is that they are mostly undocumented.) > Any advice, pointers, etc. is very appreciated. I can only recommend to test yourself. And I can ask to mail your results here, and / or put them to the wiki at wiki.bacula.org. Arno > -Shon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
