On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 05:43:36PM +0100, Ulrich Leodolter wrote: > On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 17:10 +0100, Ralf Gross wrote: > > Uwe Schuerkamp schrieb: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I just set up the first 3.0.3 bacula server (compiled from source on > > > CentOS 5.4) in our environment and was wondering wether 2.x clients > > > cann still talk to a 3.x server version? I cannot test this right now > > > without going through major changes because the new server is not at > > > its "final destination", read: our hosting facility yet. > > > > http://www.bacula.org/en/?page=news > > > > quote: > > Compatibility: > > As always, both the Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at > > the same time. > > > > Older 3.0.x and possibly 2.4.x File Daemons are compatible with the > > 3.0.3 Director and Storage daemons. There should be no need to upgrade > > older File Daemons. > > > > You cannot use all new 3.0.x features for old 2.4.x fd clients, > e.g ExcludeDirContaining >
thanks much for your replies, I'll give it a go next week & then report back. For now, we're not planning to introduce any new features from 3.x to our backup strategy, it's a simple drop-in replacement for a 2.2.8 bacula server, so I don't expect too many problems. All the best, Uwe -- uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net fon: [+49] 5242.91 - 4740, fax:-69 72 Hauptsitz: Avenwedder Str. 55, D-33311 Gütersloh, Germany Registergericht Gütersloh HRB 4196, Geschäftsführer: H. Gosewehr, D. Suda NIONEX ist ein Unternehmen der DirectGroup Germany www.directgroupgermany.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
