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Bacula is an open-source network backup system which supports Unix/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems.

Bacula is an open-source network backup system for Unix/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems.
It includes many enterprise-grade features, such as client-server authentication, backup encryption, data spooling, and multi-streaming.

The Open-Source version of Bacula is available from http://www.bacula.org.
A commercial version of Bacula is available from Bacula Systems, and includes support/consulting services and additional functionality.

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How to organize Bacula config files for about 100 servers

I'm testing bacula and I'm going to make of it my central backup & restore system. I'm testing configuration, backuping & restoring remote host and etc. The configuration is one file and when I put there 100 clients definitions, jobs, file sets this…
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Bacula postgresql catalog backup

When I run the BackupCatalog job I get the following error 04-Mar 21:04 storo-dir JobId 62: shell command: run BeforeJob "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup.pl MyCatalog" 04-Mar 21:04 storo-dir JobId 62: BeforeJob: pg_dump: [archiver (db)]…
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Volume retention for bacula

Let's say I want to use ONE tape a week for incremental. I would alternate two tapes per month so that a tape gets used every other week. I'll run a FULL every Saturday morning at 12:01am. If I run an incremental Tues-Fri at 12:01am would the…
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Clarify volume retention for me?

I'm using Bacula but this would pertain to any backup solution. I'm using LTO5 tapes (1.5TB/3TB), but my data is nowhere near that capacity for the time being. So if I set the retention for my incrementals to 4 weeks, what happens to the tape if…
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Bacula - restore with missing tape

What's the proper way to perform a restore of available data when one of the tapes is missing (damaged)? PS. Using Bacula
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bacula: how to remotely install the windows client?

Is it possible / how to install the bacula windows client on remote Windows XP or 7 machines? They are all within a domain. Would I need a custom installer, or is there a way to push out the standard installer?
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bacula: how to back up a windows machine via smb?

How do you set up a job in bacula to back up a windows machine via SMB (machine does not have the bacula agent installed)? According to the feature set this is supported. I would imagine somewhere I need to define the \machinename\c$ ?
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How to migrate bacula jobs

All my bacula jobs are writing to one file. How can I migrate these jobs to separate files, I have a 1G limit. I've already marked the volume as full, and yet, the volume is still being used.
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Bacula Volume Retention and Automatic Recycling

Will a bacula volume be recycled if: No more volumes are appendable The date of the last job on it is past the volume retention period Jobs on that volume are not past the job and file retention periods This is the way the manual reads to me, but…
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Linux distro for starting out with Bacula / AMANDA?

I'm interested in getting started with Bacula / AMANDA(Zmanda), and plan on setting up a Linux VM in VirtualBox to test it out. I'd like to avoid some of the initial setup time by polling the community on distros that might be most compatible with…
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Bareos (Bacula) FileSet not updated on change/reload/restart

Problem After building a Proof-of-Concept setup of Bareos, I can add and update various components like Clients, Devices, etc. But when modifying a FileSet, those changes are not reflected in the running Bareos config. Details and research PoC is…
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Bacula simple exclusion not working

Trying to do what seems to me like a very simple exclude in a Fileset. Basically I want to Include /root and /home and exclude all directories named .cache and Downloads. FileSet { Name = Exclusion_example Include { Options { Signature…
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Bacula SD connection timeout issue

I have a backup dedicated server (Debian 9) with Bacula and OpenVPN tunnel to the main server (Ubuntu 18.04) from which I collect data for backups using Bacula File Daemon. I had successfully working configuration. But a few days ago I encountered…
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Bacula backup -- Restore

I'm in the path of working with Bacula, and I found this contradiction/confusion. Or what worse, a lack of theory for me. I have been backing up a complete directory in Linux OS. Full backup, then Differential for a couple of weeks. It surprised me…
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bacula concurrently backup not working?

I'm in strange situation. Job is running concurrently but it's not taking time i expected. It seem's like working nice. (when i command status dir, both job's status is running) Job1 tekes 4minutes and Job2 takes 5minute. If i run two job at time, i…
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