> Recently, I split the Bacula documentation (800+ pages) into the following > 7 > documents: > > Concepts and Overview Guide > Installation and Configuration Guide > Console and Operators Guide > Problem Resolution Guide > Catalog Database Guide > Utility Programs > Developers' Guide
I'd suggest separating installation and configuration (they're really two very different problems), replacing the configuration part with two additional sections: Administrator Reference: detail description of each keyword and parameter syntax and limitations on what they do. You might pull the reference information from the catalog guide and utility programs into major sections of this document. You've got a console and operators guide, but I don't see anyplace specific I'd go to get the exact gory details of a particular parameter. Administrator's Guide: which could cover discussion of the details of why you might want to do something a particular way. The admin reference covers the precise details of the commands and configuration statements, the admin guide discusses why you might want to do it that way and gives examples. More of a joke, but I'll ask anyway: have you considered a messages and codes manual? I know I'm being old-fashioned and mainframe-y and all that , but it'd be really helpful to be able to look up a message and know what component it related to and maybe some reasons that would cause that message. I don't see anywhere obvious in this structure where I'd look for that kind of information. It'd be a real help to the translators too, I'd bet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users