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diff --git a/system/bacula/README b/system/bacula/README index 6404ead0bb4ec..aa00642162735 100644 --- a/system/bacula/README +++ b/system/bacula/README @@ -1,21 +1,33 @@ 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). |