FreeBSD Port: bacula-client-3.0.0_1

[Dan Langille]

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Michael Hughes wrote:
>> Have you raised this issue on the bacula users mailing list?  If so,
>> what is the URL into the archives so we can investigate.
> 
> In response to your question, I have raised the issue on the bacula-users mailing list, although I
> haven't had any responses yet. I came to the conclusion about the client and director
> incompatibility through our own testing and a couple forum threads I found web searching.
> 
> We upgraded the bacula client port which upgraded the bacula-fd daemon running from 2.4.4 to 3.0.1.
> No configuration files were changed, and backups ran properly prior to the port upgrade. I have
> checked the obvious, such as the port being closed by a firewall or the network interface not being
> up. Which left me testing for incompatibilities between the director and client because of the major
> version number change.

I suspect you've seen the reply.  In short: don't do that.  The service
component can be used with older clients, but not newer clients with
older servers.

The solution is to use the 2.4.4 client, from ports.  Yes, you'll have
to use 'magic' to get a 2.4.4 client from ports.  Others can help you
figure out how to get a snapshot of the FreeBSD ports tree to get that
version.

> I did find these related threads in the bacula-users archive
> http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34494.html
> and
> http://www.mail-archive.com/bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34494.html

Those two links are identical.  :)

The answer in that link sums it up: You cannot use a version X client
with anything *LESS* than a version X server.

In general, the project strives to allow you to upgrade the server
without upgrading the client.

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Dan Langille

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