1 Original release, August 2007.
4 Undockable (floating) windows of all interfaces.
5 Page selector for deciding and finding interfaces to view
6 Console command window for entering standard text console commands.
7 A preferences interface for listing limits and debugging.
10 A console to perform all the commands available from bconsole.
13 High performance restore of backup with GUI tree browsing and file and
14 directory selecting. Pre-restore Interface to assist in selecting jobs for
16 Restore by browsing and selecting from all cataloged versions of files. This
17 method allows for Multiple simultaneous views of catalog data. The only
18 selection limitation for this browsing method is one client at a time.
20 Graphical listing Interfaces:
21 List the backup jobs that have run. ** see details below
22 List the clients and perform 4 commands on the client within context.
24 List the Job resources and perform 8 commands on the job within context.
25 List the Pools and the volumes in each pool. Pefrom 7 possible commands on
27 List the storage resources and perform any of 5 commands on the storage
31 Interface to plot the files and bytes of backup jobs.
33 Other Graphical interfaces:
34 Modify Volume parameters
36 Relabel an existing volume
37 Open the cataloged Log messages of a job that has run
38 Run a job manually and modify job defaults before running.
39 Estimate a job. Determine the files and bytes that would be backed up if
43 As many joblist windows at a time as desired.
44 9 different selection criterion: client, volume, job, Fileset, level, status,
45 purged or not, record limit and days limit
46 Lists the 11 most commonly desired job attributes.
47 Run the following console commands by issuing the command within the context
48 of the know job number: List job, list files on job, list jobmedia, list
49 volumes, delete job and purge files.
50 Open other interfaces knowing the jobid: show the cataloged log of the running
51 of the job, restore from that job only browsing the filestructure, restore
52 from the job end time to get the most recent version of a restore after the
53 job completed running and browse the combined filestucture, jump directly
54 to view a plot of the selected jobs files and bytes backed up.
56 There is even a button to perform status dir at any time. What more can you
57 ask for. ;-) An are you sure dialog box will even attempt to prevent the
58 user from deleting important stuff.
60 Almost all console commands can be run graphically without touching a keyboard.
61 Help me out by letting me know what still cannot be done. I know of the
62 following: show, run a migration job, and editing resources in configuration
63 files. The last is not a console command, so it does not count.
65 See the TODO file for future plans. The bacula develompment team is interested
66 in your feedback and your assistance. If you would like to get involved, join
67 the users and/or the developers mailing list.