[SLL] Backup software

[johnbaxterlists at mac.com]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Jules Agee wrote:

> We're currently using BackupPC and Veritas NetBackup. We're  
> considering
> evaluating Bacula to replace BackupPC and, just maybe, NetBackup  
> too if
> Bacula proves itself rock solid over time, and works with a Storagetek
> L80 library. I'd really appreciate it if those of you with Bacula
> experience could let me know what you think of it.


We're happy with Bacula in our situation.  We use it, controlled from  
one machine each location, to back up machines in our two locations.   
As Jesse said, initial setup is detail-oriented editing of config  
files.  We have some support scripts that let us know what is going on.

I get an email report of each backup action--I use Apple's Mail  
program's "smart folders" to gather those (Subject starts with  
"Bacula" and ends with "OK") into a folder--a glance then tells me  
that the right number (currently 45) of backups ran overnight.

The most frequent glitch we see is Apache refusing to quit on one old  
(in Red Hat version terms) machine prior to one of the backup sessions.

However, this is all Linux.  I can't speak to Bacula's ability to  
back up Windows or Mac.

(I am not the person who set up the system, nor the primary person  
who deals with problems when they do come up.)

Bacula was a definite "win" compared with what came before here.

   --John