Frequently Asked Questions

About migrating from Bacula to Bareos and compatibilty

What about copyright issues between Bacula and Bareos?
Why have you started a fork from bacula.org?
Are there new features in Bareos?
Are Bareos daemons compatible with Bacula daemons?
Can I migrate from Bacula to Bareos?
Can I downgrade from Bareos back to Bacula?

Miscellaneous

In what order are bug-fixes, support requests and feature development handled?
How can I export all tapes involved in a particular backup job?
Where can I get help or support for Bareos?
What does the version '12.4' mean?
How is bareos pronounced?

Bareos VMware Backup Plugin

What does the Bareos VMware Backup Plugin do?
What are the requirements for the Bareos VMware Backup Plugin?
How do I use the Bareos VMware Backup Plugin?
I want to backup VMs' configuration and restore to another VM. How can I get these our other features?
How can I get support for the Bareos VMware Backup Plugin?
What license has the Bareos VMware Backup plugin?
Error Message ImportError: cannot import name PY2 on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7
Does the Bareos VMware Backup Plugin work on NFS datastore?

Bareos Project News

2019-12-19 17:36

First Release Candidate of 19.2.4

A new oVirt plug-in, client-initiated backups on connection, an improved restore feature for the WebUI and more: take a look at the first release candidate of the up-coming version 19.2.4.!

latest git commits

Merge pull request #564 from arogge/dev/arogge/master/deprecate-mysql

Merge pull request #564 from arogge/dev/arogge/master/deprecate-mysql

Add deprecation notifications for catalogs using mysql/sqlite3

dir: check and report deprecated db drivers

dir: check and report deprecated db drivers

This patch adds a configuration warning when using one of the deprecated
db drivers mysql or sqlite3.