Re: [Bacula-users] Client / laptop backups

2011-06-28 Thread Mark Maas
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Hi all > > We're using Bacula for some backups with three SDs so far, and I wonder if > it's possible somehow to allow for client / laptop backups in a good manner. > As far as I can see, this will need to either be client-initiated

Re: [Bacula-users] Client / laptop backups

2011-06-28 Thread Gavin McCullagh
Hi, On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Gavin McCullagh wrote: > We do this in a somewhat manual way. The client computer has a bconsole > configured. When the laptop owner wants a backup, they start bconsole, > then type "run", "yes", "quit. They then get a > confirmation email when the backup completes. I

Re: [Bacula-users] Client / laptop backups

2011-06-28 Thread Gavin McCullagh
Hi, On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > We're using Bacula for some backups with three SDs so far, and I wonder > if it's possible somehow to allow for client / laptop backups in a good > manner. As far as I can see, this will need to either be > client-initiated, client saying "I'

Re: [Bacula-users] Client / laptop backups

2011-06-28 Thread Sean Clark
On 06/28/2011 02:24 PM, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > Hi all > > We're using Bacula for some backups with three SDs so far, and I wonder if > it's possible somehow to allow for client / laptop backups in a good manner. > As far as I can see, this will need to either be client-initiated, client >

[Bacula-users] Client / laptop backups

2011-06-28 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
Hi all We're using Bacula for some backups with three SDs so far, and I wonder if it's possible somehow to allow for client / laptop backups in a good manner. As far as I can see, this will need to either be client-initiated, client saying "I'm alive!" or something, or having a polling process