Hello, Am 27.08.2014 21:59, schrieb niftydrinks: > I'm considering potential upgrades to an aging Bacula 5.2.6 installation, and > I had a few questions after reading through the Bareos documentation. > > * I understand that the bareos-fd is compatible with the Bacula server > (sd/dir) - but is the Bareos client (fd) compatible with the bacula servers from version 5.x, 7.x, or both? Version 5: Yes, Version 7: unknown.
I currently have a few Windows clients that appear to be having issues with the standard 5.2.x Windows-bacula client (due to network problems) and I would like to see if using the bareos Windows client in compatible mode will help alleviate this. Try it ;) > > * In this same vein, could a potential migration path to bareos be to > upgrade all of the bacula-fd clients to the bareos-fd, and then upgrade the server (sd/dir) at a later date? While usually you would first upgrade the server as that is usually only touching one computer, it should also be possible to first update the clients. Of course you should first upgrade one client of each kind to see if there are any issues before you switch all clients. > > * I understand that the bacula-to-bareos migration process involves changing > the server user name and then renaming the database. But what about the configuration files? Can the Bareos server use configuration files from Bacula 5.x? Yes, the bareos server can use the configuration files from Bacula 5.x. Some manual work might be needed to adapt the paths of scripts. > * Is it true that the Bareos server (sd/dir) is compatible with legacy 5.2.x > Bacula clients? If so, is this specific to a version of Bareos or is this true for all versions? Please read http://www.bareos.org/en/faq/items/bareos_bacula_compatibility.html There is no restriction regarding the Bareos Version. > > * What is the current recommended version of Bareos? 13.2 > > Thanks for any information or recommendations you can offer. > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Philipp Storz [email protected] Bareos GmbH & Co. KG Phone: Phone: +49221630693-92 http://www.bareos.com Fax: +49221630693-10 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRA 29646 Geschäftsführer: Stephan Dühr, M. Außendorf, J. Steffens, P. Storz, M. v. Wieringen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
