> i installed bacula server on debian squeeze 64 bit system. i used bacula
> from debian repository with bacula version 5.0.2.
>
> can i use bacula windows client version 5.2.10 on windows clients to
> work with the debian bacula version 5.0.2? Or do i have to use the same
> bacula windows client version as installed on the bacula server?
>

Officially you are supposed to use a client version that is lower than
or equal to the server version. Using it the other way may work
however it is not tested by the developers. If it is not working for
you I have a couple of things to check.

First debian ships (or used to ship) with configs that render bacula
as a local backup program only. The reason is Debian uses local host
or 127.0.0.1 as the address of the storage daemon. You need to change
that to the address of the nic.

Second for many if not all the default configuration generated in the
install of the windows client is horribly broken. For some reason the
installer generates a bad config for the monitor so you will need to
edit the bacula-fd.conf file on each client.

Third the windows firewall will block bacula by default. You will need
to add a rule to allow bacula-fd through the firewall.


John

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