Hi,

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

> We're using Bacula for some backups with three SDs so far, and I wonder
> if it's possible somehow to allow for client / laptop backups in a good
> manner. As far as I can see, this will need to either be
> client-initiated, client saying "I'm alive!" or something, or having a
> polling process running to check if the client's online for a given
> period of time.
> 
> Is something like this possible or in the works, or is Bacula intended
> only for server backups?

We do this in a somewhat manual way.  The client computer has a bconsole
configured.  When the laptop owner wants a backup, they start bconsole,
then type "run<ret>", "yes<ret>", "quit<yes">.  They then get a
confirmation email when the backup completes.

Gavin


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