What Jason said. However, if you want another source of information, get the latest edition of O'Reilly's "Backup & Recovery" by W. Curtis Preston (just published in December, 2006). It has a fairly good overview of Bacula in a dedicated chapter as well as gobs of other stuff you should know about backups and recovery. The chapter on Bacula may help you get your head around it, but you will still need to refer to the Bacula documentation for more complete information.
--------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4 Jason King wrote: > Matt, there is no "dummy" guide for backups just as there are no "Dummy" > guides for performing surgery. You said yourself it can be complicated. > It's difficult to "dummy" down a complicated process like backups, > especially using Bacula. The bacula manual is not overly complicated but > you will need to read a bit of information before you'll understand what > to do. Bacula is suprisingly easy to use...the hard part is figuring out > the process of backing up...not installing and configuring Bacula. The > bacula manual also has some pretty good tips on "best practices". > > Good luck. > > Jason > > Matt Hunt wrote: > >> I have looked around 'tinternet for some documentation on setting up >> Bacula. There is a fair amount out there but what I need is some sort >> of dummy guide. I am new to backups and I have heard that they can be a >> difficult task to set up and maintain, so if anyone has any URL's to any >> sites or documentation which I could understand I would be most grateful. >> >> All comments will be appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Matt Hunt BSc >> Yorkshire & Humber Service Centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
