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January 24, 2012
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This manual documents Bacula version 5.0.3 (04 August 2010)
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html8"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html">Bacula Frequently Asked Questions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html9"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00210000000000000000">What is Bacula?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html10"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00220000000000000000">Does Bacula support Windows?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html11"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00230000000000000000">What language is Bacula written in?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html12"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00240000000000000000">On what machines does Bacula run?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html13"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00250000000000000000">Is Bacula Stable?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html14"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00260000000000000000">I'm Getting Authorization Errors. What is Going On? </A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html15"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00270000000000000000">Bacula Runs Fine but Cannot Access a Client on a Different Machine.
Why? </A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html16"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00280000000000000000">My Catalog is Full of Test Runs, How Can I Start Over?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html17"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION00290000000000000000">I Run a Restore Job and Bacula Hangs. What do I do?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html18"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002100000000000000000">I Cannot Get My Windows Client to Start Automatically? </A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html19"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002110000000000000000">My Windows Client Immediately Dies When I Start It</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html20"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002120000000000000000">My backups are not working on my Windows
Client. What should I do?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html21"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002130000000000000000">All my Jobs are scheduled for the same time. Will this cause
problems?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html22"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002140000000000000000">Can Bacula Backup My System To Files instead of Tape?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html23"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002150000000000000000">Can I use a dummy device to test the backup?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html24"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002160000000000000000">Can Bacula Backup and Restore Files Bigger than 2 Gigabytes?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html25"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002170000000000000000">I want to stop a job.</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html26"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002180000000000000000">Why have You Trademarked the Name Bacula?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html27"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002190000000000000000">Why is the Online Document for Version 1.39 but the Released Version is 1.38?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html28"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002200000000000000000">Does Bacula really save and restore all files?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html29"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002210000000000000000">I want an Incremental but Bacula runs it as a Full backup. Why?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html30"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002220000000000000000">Do you really handle unlimited path lengths?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html31"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002230000000000000000">What Is the Really Unique Feature of Bacula?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html32"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002240000000000000000">How can I force one job to run after another?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html33"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002250000000000000000">I Am Not Getting Email Notification, What Can I Do? </A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html34"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002260000000000000000">My retention periods don't work</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html35"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002270000000000000000">Why aren't my files compressed?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html36"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002280000000000000000">Incremental backups are not working</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html37"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002290000000000000000">I am waiting forever for a backup of an offsite machine</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html38"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002300000000000000000">SSH hangs forever after starting Bacula</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html39"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002310000000000000000">I'm confused by retention periods</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html40"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002320000000000000000">MaxVolumeSize is ignored</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html41"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002330000000000000000">I get a Connection refused when connecting to my Client</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html42"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002340000000000000000">Long running jobs die with Pipe Error</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html43"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002350000000000000000">How do I tell the Job which Volume to use?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html44"
HREF="Bacula_Frequently_Asked_Que.html#SECTION002360000000000000000">Password generation</A>
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HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html">Tips and Suggestions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html46"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00310000000000000000">Upgrading Bacula Versions</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html47"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00320000000000000000">Getting Notified of Job Completion</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html48"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00330000000000000000">Getting Email Notification to Work</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html49"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00340000000000000000">Getting Notified that Bacula is Running</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html50"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00350000000000000000">Maintaining a Valid Bootstrap File</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html51"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00360000000000000000">Rejected Volumes After a Crash</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html52"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00370000000000000000">Security Considerations</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html53"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00380000000000000000">Creating Holiday Schedules</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html54"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION00390000000000000000">Automatic Labeling Using Your Autochanger</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html55"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003100000000000000000">Backing Up Portables Using DHCP</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html56"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003110000000000000000">Going on Vacation</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html57"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003120000000000000000">Exclude Files on Windows Regardless of Case</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html58"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003130000000000000000">Executing Scripts on a Remote Machine</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html59"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003140000000000000000">Recycling All Your Volumes</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html60"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003150000000000000000">Backing up ACLs on ext3 or XFS filesystems</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html61"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003160000000000000000">Total Automation of Bacula Tape Handling</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html62"
HREF="Tips_Suggestions.html#SECTION003170000000000000000">Running Concurrent Jobs</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html63"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html">Testing Your Tape Drive With Bacula</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html64"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00410000000000000000">Get Your Tape Drive Working</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html65"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00411000000000000000">Problems When no Tape in Drive</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html66"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00412000000000000000">Specifying the Configuration File</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html67"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00413000000000000000">Specifying a Device Name For a Tape</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html68"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00414000000000000000">Specifying a Device Name For a File</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html69"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00420000000000000000">btape</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html70"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00421000000000000000">Using btape to Verify your Tape Drive</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html71"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00422000000000000000">Testing tape drive speed</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html72"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00423000000000000000">Linux SCSI Tricks</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html73"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00430000000000000000">Tips for Resolving Problems</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html74"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00431000000000000000">Bacula Saves But Cannot Restore Files</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html75"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00432000000000000000">Bacula Cannot Open the Device</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html76"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00433000000000000000">Incorrect File Number</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html77"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00434000000000000000">Incorrect Number of Blocks or Positioning Errors</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html78"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00435000000000000000">Ensuring that the Tape Modes Are Properly Set - <B>Linux
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HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00436000000000000000">Tape Hardware Compression and Blocking Size</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html80"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00437000000000000000">Tape Modes on FreeBSD</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html81"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00438000000000000000">Finding your Tape Drives and Autochangers on FreeBSD</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html82"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00439000000000000000">Using the OnStream driver on Linux Systems</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html83"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00440000000000000000">Hardware Compression on EXB-8900</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html84"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00441000000000000000">Using btape to Simulate Filling a Tape</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html85"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00450000000000000000">Recovering Files Written With Fixed Block Sizes</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html86"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00460000000000000000">Tape Blocking Modes</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html87"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00470000000000000000">Details of Tape Modes</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html88"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00480000000000000000">Tape Performance Problems</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html89"
HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION00490000000000000000">Autochanger Errors</A>
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HREF="Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION004100000000000000000">Syslog Errors</A>
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HREF="Dealing_with_Firewalls.html#SECTION00521000000000000000">The Bacula Configuration Files for the Above</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html95"
HREF="Dealing_with_Firewalls.html#SECTION00522000000000000000">How Does It Work?</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html96"
HREF="Dealing_with_Firewalls.html#SECTION00523000000000000000">Important Note</A>
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HREF="Dealing_with_Firewalls.html#SECTION00524000000000000000">Firewall Problems</A>
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HREF="What_Do_When_Bacula.html">What To Do When Bacula Crashes (Kaboom)</A>
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HREF="What_Do_When_Bacula.html#SECTION00640000000000000000">Manually Running Bacula Under The Debugger</A>
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HREF="What_Do_When_Bacula.html#SECTION00650000000000000000">Getting Debug Output from Bacula</A>
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