CentOS - Nov 2015 - OT: bacula question

Hi, folks,

   Question, for those that use/have used bacula: I've been setting up
backups for one team, the server on CentOS 6, but they're on Windows.
If we install the director on Windows, is it possible for the users to
restore files from the server to their own machine?

       mark

On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> Question, for those that use/have used bacula: I've been setting up 
> backups for one team, the server on CentOS 6, but they're on 
> Windows. If we install the director on Windows, is it possible for 
> the users to restore files from the server to their own machine?
Please check that I'm getting this right.

* You've got the director running on a CentOS machine.
* You've got file daemons running on Windows machines.
* You want to restore files from CentOS director to Windows clients.

Is that right? If so, you can restore from the director on CentOS to 
the file daemons on Windows without further ado.

The one bit you need to have is a separate Windows restore job, e.g.,

Job {
   Name = WinRestore
   Type = Restore
   Client = << i use the FD on the server here >>
   # .. other standard job directives ..
   Where = "C:/Temp/Bacula"
}

-- 
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45?38' N, 122?6' W

Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Nov 2015, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>
>> Question, for those that use/have used bacula: I've been setting up
>> backups for one team, the server on CentOS 6, but they're on
>> Windows. If we install the director on Windows, is it possible for
>> the users to restore files from the server to their own machine?
>
> Please check that I'm getting this right.
>
> * You've got the director running on a CentOS machine.
> * You've got file daemons running on Windows machines.
> * You want to restore files from CentOS director to Windows clients.
>
> Is that right? If so, you can restore from the director on CentOS to
> the file daemons on Windows without further ado.
'Friad not. My users are saying they'd like the ability, from their
Windows machines, to restore, without having to ask me to do something
from the server. And they want to be able to chose the files to
restore....

     mark