Dan Langille wrote:
> Cedric Gavage wrote:
>   
>> On 1/3/09 8:27 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
>>     
>>> Cedric Gavage wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to initiate the backup from client side?
>>>>
>>>> I have a special case where director is outside a lan... and it can't
>>>> connect to client directly... but client can connect to director...
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible something like that? (without to add vpn solution).
>>>>         
>>> No. The Director must be able to contact the FD. This is a given.
>>>
>>>       
>> Ok, thanks for the feedback...
>>
>> Is there an alternative with something like a central catalog outside 
>> the lan... a director connected to it from internet for example, and one 
>> from a LAN... this last director can connect all the FD from the LAN. In 
>> this way, can we imagine to start a job concerning a FD in the LAN from 
>> a console connected on the "internet" director which has an access to 
>> the "central" catalog... I don't know if my sentence is clear for you ;)
>>     
>
> It is not clear.  :)  The FD must be able to contact the SD, possibly 
> not a problem.  But the FD also talks to the DIR and the DIR to the 
> Catalog.  Sure, you can put a DIR on the same LAN as the FD.
>   
Maybe here is a feature suggestion for bacula 4.0 - support a hierarchy 
of directors? The model I have in mind is somewhat similar to the way 
Microsoft handles WSUS or eSet handles their antivirus remote 
administration.

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