Dan Langille wrote: > Cedric Gavage wrote: > >> On 1/3/09 8:27 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> >>> Cedric Gavage wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is there a way to initiate the backup from client side? >>>> >>>> I have a special case where director is outside a lan... and it can't >>>> connect to client directly... but client can connect to director... >>>> >>>> Is it possible something like that? (without to add vpn solution). >>>> >>> No. The Director must be able to contact the FD. This is a given. >>> >>> >> Ok, thanks for the feedback... >> >> Is there an alternative with something like a central catalog outside >> the lan... a director connected to it from internet for example, and one >> from a LAN... this last director can connect all the FD from the LAN. In >> this way, can we imagine to start a job concerning a FD in the LAN from >> a console connected on the "internet" director which has an access to >> the "central" catalog... I don't know if my sentence is clear for you ;) >> > > It is not clear. :) The FD must be able to contact the SD, possibly > not a problem. But the FD also talks to the DIR and the DIR to the > Catalog. Sure, you can put a DIR on the same LAN as the FD. > Maybe here is a feature suggestion for bacula 4.0 - support a hierarchy of directors? The model I have in mind is somewhat similar to the way Microsoft handles WSUS or eSet handles their antivirus remote administration.
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