Available backup system Bacula 13.0.0

presented the release of the cross-server backup system bacula 13.0.0.0 . The branch 12.x is missed to divide the numbering of versions between free and commercial editions – in the free version the odd numbers of the branches are used, and in the commercial – even ones. The free editorial code of Bacula bareos , which is actively developing and competing with Bacula.

The main innovations of Bacula 13.0.0:

  • A new format for the reserve copies catalog is involved, which requires simultaneously updating the control process of Director and Storage Daemon, which is responsible for providing resources to preserve backup copies. File Daemon must be updated if it is launched in the same system with the new Director or Storage. To automate the transformation of the old catalog format into the new composition, the necessary tools are included, but in the process of updating it will take about twice as much disk space than the reserve copies occupied by the current catalog.
  • Support for “storage groups”.
  • Added plugin for kubernetes.
  • Added an option for a separate saving only ACL and metadata files.
  • Added support for Windows CSV (Cluster Shared Volumes).
  • In the catalog of objects, the possibility of using tags is given.
  • Fileset is allowed to use hezha Sha256 and Sha512.
  • Added the possibility of authentication through LDAP.
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