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Friday, June 26, 2009

Configure Bacula for Open Source Backups

Configure Bacula for Open Source Backups
June 25, 2009
By Deann Corum

Since we covered installation and a very basic initial run the last time we looked at Bacula, let's look at some of the more specific configuration options and capabilities this time.

We aren't trying to provide a comprehensive collection of all Bacula capabilities, which are incredibly numerous. Instead, we want to give you an overview of how Bacula's basic options and capabilities might be configured.

Device Resources

Device resources specify the details of a storage device that can be used by the Bacula storage daemon. One of the most common storage devices likely to be used are tape autochangers. In Bacula, storage devices are configured in the bacula-sd.conf file as well as in the bacula-dir.conf file. An autochanger configuration in bacula-sd.conf might look similar to the following:

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