IBAdmin

Clients

Defining a new backup Client

To define a new backup client you should select Clients -> New Client at the left sidebar.

Then you can define a four types of backup clients:

1. Standalone
2. Cluster node
3. Cluster service
4. Alias

Standalone

This is a standard Bacula backup client (File Daemon) working in a standalone server. To define a new backup client you have to input its name which should be unique in the system (you will get an error if it is not), description (optional), address which could be an IP or DNS name (if application cannot resolve DNS name you cannot add this client), select a server OS from a list and optionally check for creating a default backup Job for this client.

Cluster node

This is a Bacula backup client which is installed on cluster node. You should add all nodes of your cluster to avoid any problems. All cluster node clients share the same access credentials allowing a Cluster service client to access any of the cluster node backup agents. It will simplify the cluster operations. To define a new cluster node backup client you have to input its name which should be unique in the system (you will get an error if it is not), description (optional), address which could be an IP or DNS name (if application cannot resolve DNS name you cannot add this client), select a server OS from a list, define a new cluster name or select an existing cluster name from the list. Then optionally check for creating a default backup Job for this client.

Cluster service

This is a backup client for cluster services which uses a clients from cluster nodes for backup/restore operations (check Cluster node above). To define a new cluster service backup client you have to input its name which should be unique in the system (you will get an error if it is not), description (optional), address which could be an IP or DNS name associated with the cluster service (if application cannot resolve DNS name you cannot add this client) and select an existing cluster name from the list. Then optionally check for creating a default backup Job for this client.

Alias

This is a virtual backup client which points to a standalone or cluster node client. To define a new alias backup client you have to input its name which should be unique in the system (you will get an error if it is not), description (optional), select an existing backup client (which could be a standalone or cluster node client) from a list and optionally check for creating a default backup Job for this client.

When you will be ready you should +Add the client to your configuration or Cancel the operation.