Dan Langille wrote:
> Kevin Keane wrote:
>> 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.
>
> You are free to submit a feature request.  Details on the website.
Huh? I thought the bacula team insisted just a few weeks ago that the 
mailing lists are the proper vehicle for pretty much everything, and 
rejected the idea of a Web-based forum. Now I'm confused.

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