Re: [Bacula-users] Re: Bacula-users digest, Vol 1 #333 - 5 msgs

[Kern S. <ke...@si...>]

Hello,

On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 10:31, Volker Sauer wrote:
> Hi,
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> I'm absolutly new to bacula! Right now, I'm trying to build a test setup=20
> for bacula, so I'm building RPM-Packages for Suse 7.2 - 8.1.
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> As I read this:
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> > It would be preferable to have a build target for binary-only=20
> > distribution. Not all machines have development environments, and with=20
> > Solaris for instance you can make packages which will also run commands=
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> > for setup.
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> 2 questions arouse:
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> 1) I will build one Bacula-Server-Package containing everything for=20
> running a server. This RPM will be installed on a single machine, that=20
> runs mysql for the catalog and has the autoloader connected.
> Plus I wil build a client package, that will be distriuted to al least 3=20
> other machines. (This is the above mentioned "binary distribution"),=20
> It's all PCs with Linux, so this won't be the problem.
> I read something about a password (or passwords if it's the server). Is=20
> it true, that the password will be compiled on the binary??? How do I=20
> deal with that, when I use RPM as binary-distribution method? Will all=20
> cients have the same PW?

The password is in the .conf file.

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> 2) For  what reason would it be senseful to compile to software statical?
> I've seen, the binarys will be a lot larger -> will they be slower?

Static binaries are useful for disaster recovery.

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> 3) Is the migration from 1.30a to newer versions (I have=20
> bacula-1.31-22Jul03 here, but it doesn't compile) possbile?
> Will I be fixed to this version?

I don't understand your question.

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> FYI: my intention is to replace Arkeia4 by bacula, because Arkeia drives=20
> me mad and features like disaster-recovery which bacula can do=20
> outofthebox are very expensive by using arkeia.
> I'm using a Sony TSL-11000 (8-Tapes DDS-4) loader on a Linux 7.3=20
> machine. I will backup another Suse 7.2-Server, plus two Suse 8.0=20
> Workstations. Full backup will be done once a week and will be about=20
> 35G. Incrementall will be done everyday and will be 1 to 3 GB a day.

Good luck.
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> Has anybody ever migrated vom Arkeia to Bacula or is there a HOWTO on=20
> that? E.g. I'm not yet familiar with the vocabulary used by bacula,=20
> because Arkeia (likeprobably all other storage-vendors) uses it's own.

Best regards,

Kern