Bacula backup of windows dirs

[dtom10]

Hello all,

Is there a guide on how to setup Bacula to dump directories from drives on my Windows box? I tried google and the sheer amount of garbage I get tells me this is so illegal that I'm better off selling drugs.

For once the plugin does not hint on how to setup your destination path. It has a source and a destination. You can point your source at the dataset you want but the destination is inside the jail. This doesn't make any sense. Anyway, I went ahead and I've set the source to my backup dataset which is shared via SMB and the destination to /mnt/bacula with the create directory checkbox enabled. It doesn't show anything in the dataset called bacula and I don't see the dir in Windows.

How am I supposed to set this up? I just want to have something automatic synchronizing some dirs from my desktop to the FreeNAS box but here we are, in 2016, and I need to open a ticket somewhere to have a simple task automated.

BTW, I can copy the data by hand but I would rather have a drink instead.

Can anyone help?

 

[pirateghost]

You don't need bacula for this (bacula is a bitch to configure), but jail storage is the same on any of the plugins/jails. Source is a dataset or folder in your volume/pool, and destination is within the jail. Create directory option creates the mount point WITHIN the jail and has nothing to do with creating a directory on your dataset.

If all you want is file syncing, I would suggest syncthing. Bacula, unless you fully understand it, will not be fun if you can't figure out the jail storage ...

 

[dtom10]

You don't need bacula for this (bacula is a bunny to configure), but jail storage is the same on any of the plugins/jails. Source is a dataset or folder in your volume/pool, and destination is within the jail. Create directory option creates the mount point WITHIN the jail and has nothing to do with creating a directory on your dataset.

If all you want is file syncing, I would suggest syncthing. Bacula, unless you fully understand it, will not be fun if you can't figure out the jail storage ...

Yeah, after your reply i did a touch /mnt/bacula/test and I can see the file in my backup share from the Windows box. I'm installing syncthing now :D

 

[Doc Chacha]

If you need your plugin to interact with your data pool, I would suggest creating an NFS share using FREENAS webgui. Then you can mount it in your jail.

 

[pirateghost]

If you need your plugin to interact with your data pool, I would suggest creating an NFS share using FREENAS webgui. Then you can mount it in your jail.

WTF?

Why?

We have jail storage for this very purpose. There is no need for NFS inside the jail.

 

[Doc Chacha]

WTF?

Why?

We have jail storage for this very purpose. There is no need for NFS inside the jail.

My mistake, I through the idea was to interact from within a virtual machine in a virtualbox jail.

 

[dtom10]

Nope, I want a jail to get a bunch of files from my Windows desktop to a FreeNAS dataset without me having to copy&paste stuff while i'm watching porn :D

 

[dtom10]

Syncthing needs me to setup a scheduled task in Windows to do something, seems like jerking off. Very sad about this whole basic stuff. Might as well get a turntable and learn how to record, same thing.

 

[pirateghost]

I don't think FreeNAS is the right option for you. Maybe try a Synology?

You seem to want something that you just push a button and it magically does what you think it should. FreeNAS is more hands on than that.