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?