> >> Bacula is incredibly complex to setup. Its taken 4 months and > >> its still not working correctly. > > DL> You are unique. > > I doubt he's unique. I constantly think to myself "wow, bacula is > really cool; but why isn't it doing that?" > > The configuration is complex to set up (but with flexibility always > comes complexity; and bacula is very flexible). Fortunately there > are many good resources to look at, but sorting through them all to > find what you want is sometimes difficult. > > Personally, I've been using it for 2 months. On day one I got it > up and running and backing up multiple computers (windows and > linux both).
I've been using Bacula for approx 1 month now to backup a range of servers (Linux + Windows 2003) and an office full of Windows XP/Vista machines. Before moving to Bacula I was a fairly happy Amanda user, the only gripe I had with Amanda for a very long time was "proper" Windows client support (I now believe there is a native Windows client). Just over a month ago I decided to evaluate Bacula. After a few days of hacking configuration scripts & virtually re-writing the "fake autoloader" mtx-changer script[1] I had a fully operational backup system. For a couple of weeks I ran Bacula & Amanda side-by-side and last week made the decision to completely shut off Amanda. When first starting out, Bacula appears to be extremely complex. Spending a bit of time reading the docs, wiki & example configs before diving in can work wonders! Sean [1] A copy of my very hacky script can be found on the Bacula wiki at http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=sample_configs#faking_an_auto-changer _with_one_tape_drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
