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authorMario Preksavec <mario@slackware.hr>2013-12-20 08:15:19 +0700
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2013-12-25 15:05:36 -0600
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system/bacula: Documentation and script updates.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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Bacula (Manage backup, recovery) - Client and server
-Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit you (or the system admin) to
-manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network
-of computers of different kinds. In technical terms, it is a network
-Client/Server based backup program. Bacula is relatively easy to use and
-efficient, while offering many advanced storage management features that make
-it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design,
-Bacula is scalable from small single computer systems to systems consisting
+Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit you (or the system admin) to
+manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network
+of computers of different kinds. In technical terms, it is a network
+Client/Server based backup program. Bacula is relatively easy to use and
+efficient, while offering many advanced storage management features that make
+it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. Due to its modular design,
+Bacula is scalable from small single computer systems to systems consisting
of hundreds of computers located over a large network.
-This script comes with a few options that can be set at build time, one
-of which is DATABASE. Supported databases include postgresql/mysql/sqlite3.
-By default mysql support is selected, to disable or select another database
-the following can be used: DATABASE="" ./bacula.SlackBuild
-One more option worth mentioning is BAT, which can be used to enable building
-of Bat together with Bacula. By default Bat comes disabled and for now it
-only builds on slackware-current because it requires newer QT.
+This script comes with a few options that can be set at build time, one of
+which is DATABASE. Supported databases include postgresql, mysql and sqlite3.
+By default mysql is selected, to disable or select another database, run:
+
+ DATABASE="" ./bacula.SlackBuild
+
+Some say that having everything under /opt/bacula can be more backup friendly
+for disaster recovery situations, and since the official documentation also
+mentions this prefix in quite a few places, running the script with:
+
+ OPT_PREFIX=yes ./bacula.SlackBuild
+
+will put (almost) everything into /opt/bacula directory.
+
+Another option worth mentioning is Bat, which by default comes disabled, and
+if enabled with BAT=yes variable, creates a package with desktop entries.
+Additionally, smtp delivery agent is assumed running on localhost, and job
+announcements and core dumps are sent to root@localhost email address. Both
+can be changed with EMAIL and SMTPHOST variables.
For more information on upgrading from previous version see README.SLACKWARE
that came with this package (which is also installed with the documentation).