Am 05.05.2012 19:41, schrieb Volker Böhm: > Am 04.05.2012 01:43, schrieb Tilman Schmidt:
>> First of all, it's quite unusual to have 5 or 10 SDs. Most installations >> have one or two, and in the majority of cases one of them will be on the >> same machine as the director. So you only have to make sure that those >> two or three machines run the same version. > Yes, you're right: I usually don't have that many _SDs_ in an > installation. But from what should I know that only the interface > between the director and the _SDs_ is version dependent. That's the official rule of what Bacula supports: - SD should be the same version as director - FD should be the same or smaller version as director (and SD) > If also the FDs > should have similar/equal versions, then it would be (nearly) impossible > in a real network. Exactly. That would make Bacula more or less unusable. But it is not so. > And if I make a _full_ backup of one of my notebooks, I prefer to > connect the target disk directly to this notebook to have 50 - 80 MB/s > storage rate and not only 25 MB/s (1000 Mbit network) resp. 12 MB/s (100 > Mbit). And so every notebook has an SD installed. That is not the scenario Bacula is designed for, so you'll have to make allowances. > 1. Install the new packets (5.2.5) from Ubuntu 12.04 on the server > (Ubuntu 10.4 LTS)? [...] > 2. Install the old packets from ubuntu 10.04 on the Workstation to have > an old (an compatible) SD? [...] Neither of the two. It is never a good idea to mix packages from different major releases of a distribution. I don't use Ubuntu myself, but if it's anything like openSUSE or CentOS then you'll be better off using packages from the Bacula community. There you can expect to find builds of the most recent Bacula version for all supported releases of an OS distribution. > 3. Compile bacula from the sources? As I wrote last time already, that's the last resort if everything else fails, ie. if you cannot find readymade packages that fit your needs. > And which Version to compile? The most recent one, of course. That way you can keep all existing FDs because you are sure none of them is newer than your director. > 3b. Version 5.0.1 on the Workstation(s) to have a minimal effort? The effort is the same whether you compile an older version or the current one. HTH -- Tilman Schmidt Phoenix Software GmbH Bonn, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
