Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• What is Bacula?
  • Who Needs Bacula?
  • Bacula Components or Services
    • Bacula Director
    • Bacula Console
    • Bacula File
    • Bacula Storage
    • Catalog
    • Bacula Monitor
  • Bacula Configuration
  • Conventions Used in this Document
  • Quick Start
  • Terminology
  • What Bacula is Not
  • Interactions Between the Bacula Services
  
  
• The Current State of Bacula
  • What is Implemented
  • Advantages Over Other Backup Programs
  • Current Implementation Restrictions
  • Design Limitations or Restrictions
  
  
• System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems
• Supported Tape Drives
  • Don't see your drive?
  • Unsupported Tape Drives
  • FreeBSD Users Be Aware!!!
  • Supported Autochangers
  • Tape Specifications
  
  
• Getting Started with Bacula
  • Understanding Jobs and Schedules
  • Understanding Pools, Volumes and Labels
  • Setting Up Bacula Configuration Files
    • Configuring the Console Program
    • Configuring the Monitor Program
    • Configuring the File daemon
    • Configuring the Director
    • Configuring the Storage daemon
  • Testing your Configuration Files
  • Testing Compatibility with Your Tape Drive
  • Get Rid of the /lib/tls Directory
  • Running Bacula
  • Log Rotation
  • Log Watch
  • Disaster Recovery
  
  
• Installing Bacula
  • Source Release Files
  • Upgrading Bacula
  • Releases Numbering
  • Beta Releases
  • Dependency Packages
  • Supported Operating Systems
  • Building Bacula from Source
  • What Database to Use?
  • Quick Start
  • Configure Options
  • Recommended Options for Most Systems
  • Red Hat
  • Solaris
  • FreeBSD
  • Win32
  • One File Configure Script
  • Installing Bacula
  • Building a File Daemon or Client
  • Auto Starting the Daemons
  • Other Make Notes
  • Installing Tray Monitor
    • GNOME
    • KDE
    • Other window managers
  • Modifying the Bacula Configuration Files
  
  
• Critical Items to Implement Before Production
  • Critical Items
  • Recommended Items
  
  
• A Brief Tutorial
  • Before Running Bacula
  • Starting the Database
  • Starting the Daemons
  • Using the Director to Query and Start Jobs
  • Running a Job
  • Restoring Your Files
  • Quitting the Console Program
  • Adding a Second Client
  • When The Tape Fills
  • Other Useful Console Commands
  • Debug Daemon Output
  • Patience When Starting Daemons or Mounting Blank Tapes
  • Difficulties Connecting from the FD to the SD
  • Daemon Command Line Options
  • Creating a Pool
  • Labeling Your Volumes
  • Labeling Volumes with the Console Program
  
  
• Customizing the Configuration Files
  • Character Sets
  • Resource Directive Format
    • Comments
    • Upper and Lower Case and Spaces
    • Including other Configuration Files
    • Recognized Primitive Data Types
  • Resource Types
  • Names, Passwords and Authorization
  • Detailed Information for each Daemon
  
  
• Configuring the Director
  • Director Resource Types
  • The Director Resource
  • The Job Resource
  • The JobDefs Resource
  • The Schedule Resource
  • Technical Notes on Schedules
  • The FileSet Resource
  • FileSet Examples
  • Backing up Raw Partitions
  • Excluding Files and Directories
  • Windows FileSets
  • Testing Your FileSet
  • The Client Resource
  • The Storage Resource
  • The Pool Resource
    • The Scratch Pool
  • The Catalog Resource
  • The Messages Resource
  • The Console Resource
  • The Counter Resource
  • Example Director Configuration File
  
  
• Client/File daemon Configuration
  • The Client Resource
  • The Director Resource
  • The Message Resource
  • Example Client Configuration File
  
  
• Storage Daemon Configuration
  • Storage Resource
  • Director Resource
  • Device Resource
  • Edit Codes for Mount and Unmount Directives
  • Devices that require a mount (DVD)
  
  
• Autochanger Resource
  • Capabilities
  • Messages Resource
  • Sample Storage Daemon Configuration File
  
  
• Messages Resource
• Console Configuration
  • General
  • The Director Resource
  • The ConsoleFont Resource
  • The Console Resource
  • Console Commands
  • Sample Console Configuration File
  
  
• Monitor Configuration
  • The Monitor Resource
  • The Director Resource
  • The Client Resource
  • The Storage Resource
  • Tray Monitor Security
  • Sample Tray Monitor configuration
    • Sample File daemon's Director record.
    • Sample Storage daemon's Director record.
    • Sample Director's Console record.
  
  
• Bacula Console
  • Console Configuration
  • Running the Console Program
  • Stopping the Console Program
  • Alphabetic List of Console Keywords
  • Alphabetic List of Console Commands
  • Special dot Commands
  • Special At (@) Commands
  • Running the Console from a Shell Script
  • Adding Volumes to a Pool
  
  
• The Restore Command
  • General
  • The Restore Command
  • Selecting Files by Filename
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Using File Relocation
    • Introduction
    • RegexWhere format
    • Examples
  • Restoring Directory Attributes
  • Restoring on Windows
  • Restoring Files Can Be Slow
  • Problems Restoring Files
  • Restore Errors
  • Example Restore Job Resource
  • File Selection Commands
  • Restoring When Things Go Wrong
  
  
• GUI Programs
  • List of GUI Programs
  • bimagemgr
    • bimagemgr installation
    • bimagemgr usage
  
  
• Catalog Maintenance
  • Setting Retention Periods
  • Compacting Your MySQL Database
  • Repairing Your MySQL Database
  • MySQL Table is Full
  • MySQL Server Has Gone Away
  • Repairing Your PostgreSQL Database
  • Database Performance Issues
  • Performance Issues Indexes
    • PostgreSQL Indexes
    • MySQL Indexes
    • SQLite Indexes
  • Compacting Your PostgreSQL Database
  • Compacting Your SQLite Database
  • Migrating from SQLite to MySQL or PostgreSQL
  • Backing Up Your Bacula Database
  • Security considerations
  • Backing Up Third Party Databases
  • Database Size
  
  
• Automatic Volume Recycling
  • Automatic Pruning
  • Pruning Directives
  • Recycling Algorithm
  • Recycle Status
  • Making Bacula Use a Single Tape
  • Daily, Weekly, Monthly Tape Usage Example
  • Automatic Pruning and Recycling Example
  • Manually Recycling Volumes
  
  
• Basic Volume Management
  • Key Concepts and Resource Records
    • Pool Options to Limit the Volume Usage
    • Automatic Volume Labeling
    • Restricting the Number of Volumes and Recycling
  • Concurrent Disk Jobs
  • An Example
  • Backing up to Multiple Disks
  • Considerations for Multiple Clients
  
  
• DVD Volumes
  • DVD Specific SD Directives
  • Edit Codes for DVD Directives
  • DVD Specific Director Directives
  • Other Points
  
  
• Automated Disk Backup
  • The Problem
  • The Solution
  • Overall Design
    • Full Pool
    • Differential Pool
    • Incremental Pool
  • The Actual Conf Files
  
  
• Migration
  • Migration Job Resource Directives
  • Migration Pool Resource Directives
  • Important Migration Considerations
  • Example Migration Jobs
  
  
• Backup Strategies
  • Simple One Tape Backup
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
    • Practical Details
  • Manually Changing Tapes
  • Daily Tape Rotation
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
    • Practical Details
  
  
• Autochanger Support
  • Knowing What SCSI Devices You Have
  • Example Scripts
  • Slots
  • Multiple Devices
  • Device Configuration Records
  
  
• Autochanger Resource
  • An Example Configuration File
  • A Multi-drive Example Configuration File
  • Specifying Slots When Labeling
  • Changing Cartridges
  • Dealing with Multiple Magazines
  • Simulating Barcodes in your Autochanger
  • The Full Form of the Update Slots Command
  • FreeBSD Issues
  • Testing Autochanger and Adapting mtx-changer script
  • Using the Autochanger
  • Barcode Support
  • Bacula Autochanger Interface
  
  
• Supported Autochangers
• Data Spooling
  • Data Spooling Directives
  • !!! MAJOR WARNING !!!
  • Other Points
  
  
• Python Scripting
  • Python Configuration
  • Bacula Events
  • Python Objects
  • Python Console Command
  • Debugging Python Scripts
  • Python Example
  
  
• ANSI and IBM Tape Labels
  • Director Pool Directive
  • Storage Daemon Device Directives
  
  
• Bacula Frequently Asked Questions
  • What is Bacula?
  • Does Bacula support Windows?
  • What language is Bacula written in?
  • On what machines does Bacula run?
  • Is Bacula Stable?
  • I'm Getting Authorization Errors. What is Going On?
  • Bacula Runs Fine but Cannot Access a Client on a Different Machine. Why?
  • My Catalog is Full of Test Runs, How Can I Start Over?
  • I Run a Restore Job and Bacula Hangs. What do I do?
  • I Cannot Get My Windows Client to Start Automatically?
  • My Windows Client Immediately Dies When I Start It
  • My backups are not working on my Windows Client. What should I do?
  • All my Jobs are scheduled for the same time. Will this cause problems?
  • Can Bacula Backup My System To Files instead of Tape?
  • Can I use a dummy device to test the backup?
  • Can Bacula Backup and Restore Files Bigger than 2 Gigabytes?
  • I want to stop a job.
  • Why have You Trademarked the Name Bacula?
  • Why is the Online Document for Version 1.39 but the Released Version is 1.38?
  • Does Bacula really save and restore all files?
  • I want an Incremental but Bacula runs it as a Full backup. Why?
  • Do you really handle unlimited path lengths?
  • What Is the Really Unique Feature of Bacula?
  • How can I force one job to run after another?
  • I Am Not Getting Email Notification, What Can I Do?
  • My retention periods don't work
  • Why aren't my files compressed?
  • Incremental backups are not working
  • I am waiting forever for a backup of an offsite machine
  • SSH hangs forever after starting Bacula
  • I'm confused by retention periods
  • MaxVolumeSize is ignored
  • I get a Connection refused when connecting to my Client
  • Long running jobs die with Pipe Error
  • How do I tell the Job which Volume to use?
  • Password generation
  
  
• Tips and Suggestions
  • Upgrading Bacula Versions
  • Getting Notified of Job Completion
  • Getting Email Notification to Work
  • Getting Notified that Bacula is Running
  • Maintaining a Valid Bootstrap File
  • Rejected Volumes After a Crash
  • Security Considerations
  • Creating Holiday Schedules
  • Automatic Labeling Using Your Autochanger
  • Backing Up Portables Using DHCP
  • Going on Vacation
  • Exclude Files on Windows Regardless of Case
  • Executing Scripts on a Remote Machine
  • Recycling All Your Volumes
  • Backing up ACLs on ext3 or XFS filesystems
  • Total Automation of Bacula Tape Handling
  • Running Concurrent Jobs
  
  
• Volume Utility Tools
  • Specifying the Configuration File
  • Specifying a Device Name For a Tape
  • Specifying a Device Name For a File
  • Specifying Volumes
  • bls
    • Listing Jobs
    • Listing Blocks
  • bextract
    • Extracting with Include or Exclude Lists
    • Extracting With a Bootstrap File
    • Extracting From Multiple Volumes
  • bscan
    • Using bscan to Compare a Volume to an existing Catalog
    • Using bscan to Recreate a Catalog from a Volume
    • Using bscan to Correct the Volume File Count
    • After bscan
  • bcopy
    • bcopy Command Options
  • btape
    • Using btape to Verify your Tape Drive
    • btape Commands
  • Other Programs
  • bsmtp
  • dbcheck
  • bregex
  • bwild
  • testfind
  
  
• Testing Your Tape Drive With Bacula
  • Get Your Tape Drive Working
    • Problems When no Tape in Drive
    • Specifying the Configuration File
    • Specifying a Device Name For a Tape
    • Specifying a Device Name For a File
  • btape
    • Using btape to Verify your Tape Drive
    • Linux SCSI Tricks
  • Tips for Resolving Problems
    • Bacula Saves But Cannot Restore Files
    • Bacula Cannot Open the Device
    • Incorrect File Number
    • Incorrect Number of Blocks or Positioning Errors
    • Ensuring that the Tape Modes Are Properly Set -- Linux Only
    • Tape Hardware Compression and Blocking Size
    • Tape Modes on FreeBSD
    • Finding your Tape Drives and Autochangers on FreeBSD
    • Using the OnStream driver on Linux Systems
  • Hardware Compression on EXB-8900
    • Using btape to Simulate Filling a Tape
  • Recovering Files Written With Fixed Block Sizes
  • Tape Blocking Modes
  • Details of Tape Modes
  • Autochanger Errors
  • Syslog Errors
  
  
• What To Do When Bacula Crashes (Kaboom)
  • Traceback
  • Testing The Traceback
  • Getting A Traceback On Other Systems
  • Manually Running Bacula Under The Debugger
  • Getting Debug Output from Bacula
  
  
• The Windows Version of Bacula
  • Win32 Installation
  • Post Win32 Installation
  • Uninstalling Bacula on Win32
  • Dealing with Win32 Problems
  • Windows Compatibility Considerations
  • Volume Shadow Copy Service
  • VSS Problems
  • Windows Firewalls
  • Windows Port Usage
  • Windows Disaster Recovery
  • Windows Restore Problems
  • Windows Ownership and Permissions Problems
  • Manually resetting the Permissions
  • Backing Up the WinNT/XP/2K System State
  • Considerations for Filename Specifications
  • Win32 Specific File daemon Command Line
  • Shutting down Windows Systems
  
  
• Disaster Recovery Using Bacula
  • General
  • Important Considerations
  • Steps to Take Before Disaster Strikes
  • Bare Metal Recovery on Linux with a Rescue CD
  • Requirements
  • Restoring a Client System
  • Boot with your Rescue CDROM
  • Restoring a Server
  • Linux Problems or Bugs
  • Bare Metal Recovery using a LiveCD
  • FreeBSD Bare Metal Recovery
  • Solaris Bare Metal Recovery
  • Preparing Solaris Before a Disaster
  • Bugs and Other Considerations
  • Disaster Recovery of Win32 Systems
  • Ownership and Permissions on Win32 Systems
  • Alternate Disaster Recovery Suggestion for Win32 Systems
  • Restoring to a Running System
  • Additional Resources
  
  
• Bacula TLS -- Communications Encryption
  • TLS Configuration Directives
  • Creating a Self-signed Certificate
  • Getting a CA Signed Certificate
  • Example TLS Configuration Files
  
  
• Data Encryption
  • Building Bacula with Encryption Support
  • Encryption Technical Details
  • Decrypting with a Master Key
  • Generating Private/Public Encryption Keys
  • Example Data Encryption Configuration
  
  
• Bacula Security Issues
  • Backward Compatibility
  • Configuring and Testing TCP Wrappers
  • Running as non-root
  
  
• Dealing with Firewalls
  • Technical Details
  • A Concrete Example
    • The Bacula Configuration Files for the Above
    • How Does It Work?
    • Important Note
    • Firewall Problems
  
  
• Using Bacula to Improve Computer Security
  • The Details
  • Running the Verify
  • What To Do When Differences Are Found
  • A Verify Configuration Example
  
  
• Bacula RPM Packaging FAQ
  • Answers
  • Build Options
  • RPM Install Problems
  
  
• The Bootstrap File
  • Bootstrap File Format
  • Automatic Generation of Bootstrap Files
  • Bootstrap for bscan
  • A Final Bootstrap Example
  
  
• Installing and Configuring MySQL
  • Installing and Configuring MySQL -- Phase I
  • Installing and Configuring MySQL -- Phase II
  • Re-initializing the Catalog Database
  • Linking Bacula with MySQL
  • Installing MySQL from RPMs
  • Upgrading MySQL
  
  
• Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL
  • Installing PostgreSQL
  • Configuring PostgreSQL
  • Re-initializing the Catalog Database
  • Installing PostgreSQL from RPMs
  • Converting from MySQL to PostgreSQL
  • Upgrading PostgreSQL
  • Credits
  
  
• Installing and Configuring SQLite
  • Installing and Configuring SQLite -- Phase I
  • Installing and Configuring SQLite -- Phase II
  • Linking Bacula with SQLite
  • Testing SQLite
  • Re-initializing the Catalog Database
  • The internal database is not supported, please do not use it.
  • Internal Bacula Database
  
  
• Bacula Copyright, Trademark, and Licenses
  • FDL
  • GPL
  • LGPL
  • Public Domain
  • Trademark
  • Fiduciary License Agreement
  • Disclaimer
  
  
• GNU Free Documentation License
  • GNU General Public License
  • Table of Contents
  • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  • How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
  • GNU Lesser General Public License
  • Table of Contents
  • GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  • How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
  
  
• Bacula Projects
• Thanks
  • Copyrights and Trademarks
  • Bacula Bugs
  
  
• Variable Expansion
  • General Functionality
  • Bacula Variables
  • Full Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Examples
  
  
• Using Stunnel to Encrypt Communications
  • Communications Ports Used
  • Encryption
  • A Picture
  • Certificates
  • Securing the Data Channel
  • Data Channel Configuration
  • Stunnel Configuration for the Data Channel
  • Starting and Testing the Data Encryption
  • Encrypting the Control Channel
  • Control Channel Configuration
  • Stunnel Configuration for the Control Channel
  • Starting and Testing the Control Channel
  • Using stunnel to Encrypt to a Second Client
  • Creating a Self-signed Certificate
  • Getting a CA Signed Certificate
  • Using ssh to Secure the Communications
  
  
• General Index
• Director Index
• File Daemon Index
• Storage Daemon Index
• Console Index
• About this document ...