On Wednesday 03 February 2010 13:19:52 Alex Ehrlich wrote: >> Bacula has been known as "not too easy to deploy and configure" for long >> time and it is this fact that slows down Bacula's adoption around the >> world. There are also great fragments in the documentation and howtos, >> but much more are needed. >> What have you done to make this different? > > >From what I have heard, Bacula is very easy to install compared to other > >open > source and other commercial backup programs. It is a big program, and has a > lot of features, so it can be overwelming at the beginning. > Must of newbies at Bacula are not familiar even with backup basic theory - like GFS and difference between incremental and differential backups. Thats why its even more difficult. >> Just some examples of documentation points that would be worth improving: >> * How is it reasonable to manage backup of laptops (that can be present >> or missing in the LAN throughout a day)? >> You can use job timeout ou retry options. >> * What is a reasonable to-disk-only backup strategy? There is one >> example in the documentation but it is still pretty much tape-oriented. >> This is a impossible question. We dont know your real needs. >> * How can I construct a fileset that contains the following files in >> "DOS wildcard notation": "C:/Documents and Settings/*/Local >> Settings/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/*", i.e. "for all >> users, back up whatever is under Firefox Profiles", but nothing extra? >> It is not so trivial >> There are several well written examples on Bacula online documentation of wildcard usage. >> * Installation of the database (postgres) user fails under root by >> default, at least on rhel (there is no such database user defined by >> default), one should understand postgresql a little at least to get over >> the issue. >> Thats not Bacula community problem. >> let us consider an example of MS Windows >> clients -- what's missing from the "ease of use" point of view. Current >> binary installers are .exe files and to get through in >> somewhat-bigger-than-soho scenarios MSI installers are required. >> Windows sux.
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