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.

Additional Documentation

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.
TapeAlert - Things your Tapedrive has to tell
Handling mass-Email Reports - Bacula can be very informative, which is cool, but do you still detect the actual issues? Insight-story + possible solution
Windows 7 64-bit fd and File Examined=0
Monitoring - Making it easier to tell if your backups are running as intended

GUIs and Third 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