Hello, On 10/15/2015 08:43 AM, Davin Church wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Kern! Unfortunately I do need all three pieces > for Windows and I've only been able to find the FD available as a > binary. I don't have a problem with the SD being limited to disks > (since that's how I'm using it), but I do need it and the Director. > > You mentioned the SD source code being proprietary, but are you > talking about the Enterprise version here or the Community version? > (I'm assuming that's just for the Enterprise version.)
The old Windows code (including the FD, SD, and DIR) is available in the Branch-5.2 part of the public git repository (or at least it is available in the latest 5.2.x (13?) source tar file released on Source Forge). That code will build the FD, but the SD and Dir had not been build for quite a long time, so will be a good amount of work. That old 5.2.x Windw code is open source. The last FD binary that was build was 5.2.10. Since then Bacula Systems has made some significant enhancements to the Windows code, but that source code is currently proprietary, though Bacula Systems does release binaries to the community at a small price, and as I mentioned the latest release *should* include the SD for disk only. > > It occurs to me that since I now have VMs available (which I didn't > until recently), I might actually run a *nix version of Bacula in a VM > and talk to Windows FDs, but it would still take me a great deal of > time that I don't have to learn and set up the proper environment for > running it (unless someone has that pre-built). So at present I guess > I'm still looking for a time-inexpensive way to compile the Community > Windows binaries. Running the Linux DIR and SD in a VM with a Windows FD, would certainly be the easiest way to go. You can use the 5.2.10 Windows binaries available on Source Forge or the Bacula Enterprise 7.0.5 binaries for the FD (small fee) -- or hopefully shortly the Bacula Enterprise 7.2.x Windows FD+SD binaries (for free) that I want to provide to the community. Best regards, Kern > > Thanks for all your input! > > Davin > > At 07:53 PM 10/14/2015, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Well you are indeed on a pretty old Bacula. I am glad that it has >> worked for you. >> >> Concerning Windows FDs. The last community one available is for >> version 5.2.10, but it still works (or should) with the latest Bacula >> versions including 7.2.0. >> >> The Bacula Enterprise Windows binaries are available to the community >> at a very reasonable price (just enough to cover Bacula Systems >> costs) -- I think the last version was 7.0.5, but it should also work >> on 7.2.0. If I am not mistaken, the Enterprise version 7.0.5 also >> has the SD (I cannot 100% guarantee it). One note here is that the >> SD works only with disk Volumes (it does not support tape drives). >> At the current time, there is no Windows Director that is available. >> >> Finally, if all goes well, before the end of the year, I will have a >> new Windows Enterprise 7.2.x FD version to release as well as a >> regular Community 7.2.x (no charge) version. The big obstacle at the >> moment is getting a download plugin installed into the Bacula.org >> wordpress program. This is necessary because although the binaries >> are available the Bacula Window SD source code is proprietary, so the >> Windows binaries cannot be released on Source Forge. >> >> This does not solve your problem but hopefully it helps you >> understand what is available. >> >> Best regards, >> Kern >> >> On 10/14/2015 04:55 PM, Davin Church wrote: >>> Greetings, list! >>> >>> I've been using Bacula 3.0.3a for some years now on my home >>> Windows-only network, but I would like to upgrade to a more recent >>> version of the community version. I understand that more-recent >>> pre-compiled Windows binaries (except for the FD) are no longer >>> available for the community product, and Bacula Enterprise is too >>> expensive for my needs. I do know that Bacula Systems also offers a >>> Windows binary build for the FD, but I need to be able to run the SD >>> & Dir on Windows as well. >>> >>> Therefore, I think I am relegated to compiling my own binaries from >>> the source. However, I don't have the time (or probably the >>> knowledge/skill either) to create a full build environment from >>> scratch here on my system. But since I can run virtual machines >>> here, I was wondering if anyone has managed to produce a standalone >>> VM system that is configured to compile Windows binaries from the >>> community source? If I could just load up a working VM system image >>> (even a non-Windows one) and supply it the current source code, I >>> think that would be enough to allow me to compile the system that I >>> need myself. >>> >>> Does anyone know of such a standalone VM that is available for folks >>> like me to use? Or does anyone have any better ideas for me to >>> try? I tried searching the list archives, but I could only narrow >>> it down to 21K+ messages for manual review, so I hope you'll forgive >>> me if this has been asked and answered before. >>> >>> Davin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-devel mailing list > Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
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