Bacula Wiki

This is the wiki for Bacula.

Bacula is heavy-duty backup software that is cross-platform, free software/open source and network-savvy.

The wiki supplements the existing extensive documentation on Bacula. When looking for information, be sure to check out the full manual as well as this wiki.

• Unofficial, user maintained Bacula manual
• Baculapedia: A collaborative multi-language documentation project for Bacula
• FAQ
• Manual Corrections - includes updates
• Manual Translations

• Application Specific Backups
• Comparisons - A comparison of features between Bacula, Amanda, Arkeia Network Backup, BrightStor ARCserve, Legato Networker, Tivoli (TSM) and Veritas
• Commercial Support - A list of parties that provide commercial support for Bacula
• Hardware Results - A newer compatibility list of tape drives then the list in the official Bacula manual
• HOWTOs
• Hints & Tips
• Recovery instructions and tips: FreeBSD Bare Metal Recovery / Windows Bare Metal Recovery
• Sample Configs
• Horror Stories - Cautionary tales of what not to do.

• 3rd Party Addons
• Current screenshots (with descriptive text) of Bat, the graphical Bacula Administration Tool. (View OldersScreenshots here]) * [[Database Statistics - A Perl-based tool for gathering stats from your Bacula installation