On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Michel Meyers <steltek AT tcnnet DOT com> 
wrote:
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> Reynier Perez Mira wrote:
>> Hi every:
>> Recently I and some others people analyzed the idea to use Bacula as our 
>> Backup Software. The people ask to me his doubts and one of them was this:
>>
>>  - What's happen if a client change their IP address? We need to reconfigure 
>> Bacula by hand or exists another alternative?
>>
>> Because I don't know I ask here in Bacula List.
>
> Bacula has a commant (I think it's called setip) which clients can use
> to tell the director their IP (if they have access to do it). I'm not
> very familiar with it so try hitting the manual if you need more
> information.
>
> Myself, I simply linked the DNS and DHCP servers so that clients
> register can their dynamic addresses at the DNS server. My Bacula daemon
> then simply uses the hostnames to find them.
>
I forgot to mention that in my post. I too have my DHCP clients update
the DNS on changes.

John

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