Doug Forster wrote: Thanks for the info Dave.
> Rod, > > A method you could do to accomplish this task is to do the following: > 1. Setup Bacula on the server on the lan. > 2. Run backups to local disk volumes. > 3. On the final backup run a run after script/command to copy all > volumes of data to a remote site. > Note: I believe there is something about spooling data on local disk > before writing to the storage device. You may not even need to have a > script that pushes this data. > > Something you want to keep in mind is that you want to have your backup > server in the location where you have a many to one relationship. > The Bacula is split into 3 items which have various communication > needs. This I feared. Not as simple I as I'd hoped. The site I'm looking it at currently copies several directories to an 'extra' hard drive, builds an ISO then burns it to a CD-RW (less than 640 MByte). Business owner would like a simple off site backup option. I will dive into the documentation and see how I can make it work. Again thanks. \\||/ Rod -- > > Bacula Director - This manages and schedules clients / also initiates > jobs and handles logging. > Bacula Storage Daemon - This is your storage device. Clients connect > here to push data under the direction given by the Director. > Bacula File Daemon - This runs on your clients and simply waits for > commands from the Director to include scripts to run. > Bconsole / Bacula Administration Tool (BAT) - tools to restore and > monitor backups as they run. > > It is my current understanding of bacula that the following ports need > to be open. > > Backup Server Director -> Bacula Data Base > Backup Server Director -> Client File Daemon 9102 > Clients File Daemon -> Backup Storage 9103 > Backup Server Bconsole/BAT -> Backup Director 9101 > > Doug Forster > > On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 13:29 -0800, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >> Well actually I haven't even installed yet but wanted to see if what I >> want to do is doable. >> >> Searching/reading through the manual and website didn't turn up an >> answer so I'm guessing I'm using the wrong terms. >> >> I would like to "push" the backup to a non-LAN machine. This would be >> from a file server on the LAN with the back up on "backup" server at a >> remote site. >> >> In my reading I did see mention of using a ssh tunnel but as I >> understand from the documentation there are parts of bacula that need to >> initiate the contact with the client being backed up. The director? >> (More reading in my future.) >> >> So if this makes any sense at all could some one clue me with the right >> terms I need to look for? >> >> >> TIA, >> Rod > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
