On 8/2/05 8:56 AM, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> I'm also looking (well, planning to look) into Bacula as an alternative to
> Amanda. Couple of questions.
>
> Can I have my backups go to the disk, instead of using tapes? Can I
> have some on disk, and some on tapes? On-site disk, off-site tapes
> combination?
Yes to all of the above.
> Another question is about restores. How easy/automated are they?
If you've ever used the restore(8) shell, then you'll feel right at
home. Essentially, you get a command-line view of the backed up file
system. You can navigate with cd, ls, find, etc. You choose the files
and/or directory trees to restore, specify where they should be
restored, make sure the correct tapes are accessible, and voila!
If you've got multiple copies of a file, you can choose which version
you want restored.
> The ability to tell backup system "I want server.mycorp.com's
> /etc/foobar.conf from two months ago restored" and then simply
> sit back and relax while backup server is doing all the job
> automatically in the background is priceless. Is
> Bacula able to do that?
Pretty much, though the trick is in the telling. I haven't investigated
whether it's possible to script that sort of thing; I've only used the
restore shell.
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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein@xxxxxxxxxx <> www.madboa.com
