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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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Bacula refuses to use available volumes

I've recently installed a new server and configure Bacula to automatically label up to 10 volumes. Very soon I've got a message that intervention was needed and when looking at it one volume was totally used and the rest in Append mode but not being…
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How to restore a directory with Bareos/Bacula while excluding deleted files?

I would like to restore a directory so that it is identical to the original directory. Files that have been deleted in the original directory should not be restored. Consider a configuration file directory: The original version of this directory…
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Pre-run "cancellation" in bareos/bacula

DNS in my environment is a bit wonky at times. When Bareos connects to a client, the client is not always the one specified by the hostname. I have a cron script that runs jobs automatically and checks to see if the host and fd on the client match,…
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Bacula: Client Run Before Job only al Full level

I've set up a bacula Job that runs Client scripts before and after backup like this: Job { Name = "my_job" Client = "my-fd" FileSet = "my-fset" Storage = "storage-File" Enabled = yes Schedule =…
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Bacula versions compatibility

Recently we have upgraded some of our servers to Ubuntu 16.04 and Bacula file daemon has also been upgraded to version 7.0.5. Now we have: Bacula director v5.2.6 (on Ubuntu 14.04) storage daemons v5.2.6 (on Ubuntu 14.04) some file daemons v5.2.6…
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Ansible: copy config to current and other hosts

this is a tricky theoretical question, even the explanation itself. I will use Bacula (server backup software) as an example here to make it more clear. Bacula has a server and a client component. Adding a new client requires a config file on the…
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Ubuntu Bacula backup chinese (unicode) files

My bacula 5.0.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is unable to backup chinese/unicode text files. Not a permission issue because english text files like test.txt have no issues. Does anyone have any idea how? The error message is Could not stat…
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In smartctl, what does means "Percentage used endurance indicator too short"?

I use Bacula to make backups. When i use smartctl # smartctl -H -l error /dev/st0 smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen,…
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Bacula: When a backup job fails, is it possible to run a different backup job?

When a Bacula backup job fails, is it possible to run a different backup job ? I mean something like "after failure of Job A, run Job B". Is there a specific directive in the Job Resource? EDIT1: I tryed the directive Run After Failed Job = command…
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Use puppet to deploy bareos/bacula to server and clients

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I would really love to use puppet to deploy bareos on my servers. To do this I'm using netmanagers/bareos. I'm using this profile to install bareos to my clients: class profile::backup::client { ##…
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Bacula: Writing backup fails

I installed bacula 7 on Cent OS 7 according to this howto: http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/bacula-25/howto-install-bacula-7-on-centos-7-fresh-install-126395/ . Now I would like to backup a server but…
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Restore files that are not in the Bacula database using a Bacula file deamon

I have a backup made with Bacula on tapes. Files are not listed in the Bacula's catalog. I want to restore files inside the directory, listed one per line in needed.lst (last line empty) onto a remote host remote_host using the file daemon which has…
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Bacula configuration management in git, without passwords

I'd like to to use git to start managing our Bacula configuration files, but want to keep out (or mask) the passwords in these files. I've considered: looked for a setting within Bacula that allows pointing to a keyfile(s) instead of a password. It…
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What is a proper LINUX backup strategy?

I have been reading recently about backup strategies for Linux, particularly using the Bacula software. It seems that this software is focused at providing backups in case of a hard server failure where data is not recoverable, ie the backup…
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bacula-dir.conf configuration to backup wordpress website

I'm the beginner of bacula backup solution. I'm trying to backup my website built by wordpress. This is the Job and FileSet to backup documents root directory. Job { Name = WebServerBackup Pool = File Client = losttemple-fd JobDefs =…
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