Thank you, Heitor! I really appreciate the info. -craig
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Heitor Faria <hei...@bacula.com.br> wrote: > Thank you, Heitor! The information is much appreciated. > Re: > > - Bare Metal Restores - however, I'm not sure if this is still in > development > > I had no news from BMR in Bacula community version for such a long time, > probably because virtualization is increasingly popular and it's much > easier to backup a full VM for disaster recovery purposes. I know BE has a > improved and easier version of BMR for Windows and Linux however. > > Does this mean that Bacula Enterprise can backup a VM, meaning the actual > vmdks that make it up (all filesystems) and restore the VM? > > If you buy the specific VM backup plugin yes. Including block level > incremental backups of the VM. > However for file level restores it is still advisable to install Bacula > Clients in each one of the VM (threat them as physical machines). > > Or, do you mean it can backup all the data on the VM and to restore the > host if it was destroyed, the VM has to be re-created and then BE restores > the data? If the former, that would be great! > > The plugin can recreate the machines automatically when restoring. > > Thanks again! > > You are welcome. > > -craig > > =========================================================================== > Heitor Medrado de Faria - LPIC-III | ITIL-F | Bacula Systems Certified > Administrator II > Do you need Bacula training? > https://www.udemy.com/bacula-backup-software/?couponCode=bacula-list > I do Bacula training and deploy in any city of the world. More > information: http://bacula.us/ > +55 61 <%2B55%2061%202021-8260>8268-4220 <%2B55%2061%208268-4220> > Site: http://bacula.us FB: heitor.faria > <http://www.facebook.com/heitor.faria> > =========================================================================== > > > > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Heitor Faria <hei...@bacula.com.br> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> Looking over the manual, it appears open source Bacula 7.0.5 can do the >> following. However, I'd like to confirm via this list if possible just to >> make sure I didn't misunderstand something. Also, are they easy to setup >> and is performance good? >> >> What is your easy definition? =) >> I recorded some video classes that may help you if you go with the >> community version: http://bacula.us/video-classes/ >> >> - Synthetic Backups which I assume is Virtual Backups in Bacula >> >> Yes. But on BE it is a improved feature: >> http://www.baculasystems.com/products/bacula-enterprise/features/progressive-virtual-full >> >> - Encryption at rest and in transit >> >> I think they are the same in both versions and it takes some time and >> understanding, configuring and generating the keys. I think it's slightly >> easier with Enterprise BE Bweb interface. >> >> - Bare Metal Restores - however, I'm not sure if this is still in >> development >> >> I had no news from BMR in Bacula community version for such a long time, >> probably because virtualization is increasingly popular and it's much >> easier to backup a full VM for disaster recovery purposes. I know BE has a >> improved and easier version of BMR for Windows and Linux however. >> >> - Deduplication >> >> BE global deduplication goes further than the Community one because of >> block level instead of file level dedup, good for large files that always >> changes [E.g.: database dumps, VM images etc. - >> http://www.baculasystems.com/wp-content/uploads/bacula-enterprise-v8-global-endpoint-deduplication4.pdf]. >> I think it is also possible to replicate Bacula storage data and only sync >> modified blocks. >> >> Last, is setup of the above easier and performance more robust in Bacula >> Enterprise? >> >> They are basically different features. It always depend of the size of >> your data center, business needs, service and operational agreements. >> Probably a BE consultant can help you better at your decision. >> >> Best regards, >> -craig >> >> Regards, >> >> =========================================================================== >> Heitor Medrado de Faria - LPIC-III | ITIL-F | Bacula Systems Certified >> Administrator II >> Do you need Bacula training? >> https://www.udemy.com/bacula-backup-software/?couponCode=bacula-list >> I do Bacula training and deploy in any city of the world. More >> information: http://bacula.us/ >> +55 61 <%2B55%2061%202021-8260>8268-4220 <%2B55%2061%208268-4220> >> Site: http://bacula.us FB: heitor.faria >> <http://www.facebook.com/heitor.faria> >> >> =========================================================================== >> >> >
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