below, we are referring to the File daemon only.
The Windows version of the Bacula File daemon has been tested on Win98, WinMe,
-WinNT, and Win2000 systems. We have coded to support Win95, but no longer have
-a system for testing. The Windows version of Bacula is a native Win32 port,
-but there are very few source code changes to the Unix code, which means that the Windows
-version is for the most part running code that has long proved stable on Unix
-systems. When running, it is perfectly integrated with Windows and displays
-its icon in the system icon tray, and provides a system tray menu to obtain
-additional information on how Bacula is running (status and events dialog
-boxes). If so desired, it can also be stopped by using the system tray menu,
-though this should normally never be necessary.
+WinNT, WinXP, Win2000, and Windwos 2003 systems. We have coded to support
+Win95, but no longer have a system for testing. The Windows version of
+Bacula is a native Win32 port, but there are very few source code changes
+to the Unix code, which means that the Windows version is for the most part
+running code that has long proved stable on Unix systems. When running, it
+is perfectly integrated with Windows and displays its icon in the system
+icon tray, and provides a system tray menu to obtain additional information
+on how Bacula is running (status and events dialog boxes). If so desired,
+it can also be stopped by using the system tray menu, though this should
+normally never be necessary.
Once installed Bacula normally runs as a system service. This means that it is
immediately started by the operating system when the system is booted, and
information to the file {\bf bacula.trace} in the directory from which Bacula
is executing.
+If you are having problems with ClientRunBeforeJob scripts randomly dying,
+it is possible that you have run into an Oracle bug. See bug number 622 in
+the bugs.bacula.org database. The following information has been
+provided by a user on this issue:
+
+\footnotesize
+\begin{verbatim}
+The information in this document applies to:
+ Oracle HTTP Server - Version: 9.0.4
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003
+ Symptoms
+ When starting an OC4J instance, the System Clock runs faster, about 7
+seconds per minute.
+
+ Cause
+
+ + This is caused by the Sun JVM bug 4500388, which states that "Calling
+Thread.sleep() with a small argument affects the system clock". Although
+this is reported as fixed in JDK 1.4.0_02, several reports contradict this
+(see the bug in
+http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4500388).
+
+ + Also reported by Microsoft as "The system clock may run fast when you
+use the ACPI power management timer as a high-resolution counter on Windows
+2000-based computers" (See http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821893)
+\end{verbatim}
+\normalsize
+
\label{Compatibility}
\subsection*{Windows Compatibility Considerations}
\index[general]{Windows Compatibility Considerations }
in your FileSet resource.
-Important Note!! Under the current implementation, you may only
-run a single job at a time in any Win32 File daemon that has VSS
-active. Running multiple simultanous jobs in the File daemon
-will most likely cause jobs to fail. This restriction does not apply
-to the Director, Storage daemons, or any File daemons not running
-VSS.
-
The VSS aware File daemon has the letters VSS on the signon line that
it produces when contacted by the console. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
reports from each of the writer program. Here they all report VSS_WS_STABLE, which means
that you will get a consistent snapshot of the data handled by that writer.
+\subsection*{VSS Problems}
+\index[general]{Problems!VSS}
+\index[fd] {Problems!VSS}
+\index[general]{VSS Problems}
+\index[fd]{VSS Problems}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{VSS Problems}
+
+If you are experiencing problems such as VSS hanging on MSDE, first try
+running {\bf vssadmin} to check for problems, then try running {\bf
+ntbackup} which also uses VSS to see if it has similar problems. If so, you
+know that the problem is in your Windows machine and not with Bacula.
+
+The FD hang problems were reported with {\bf MSDEwriter} when:
+\begin{itemize}
+\item a local firewall locked local access to the MSDE TCP port (MSDEwriter
+seems to use TCP/IP and not Named Pipes).
+\item msdtcs was installed to run under "localsystem": try running msdtcs
+under networking account (instead of local system) (com+ seems to work
+better with this configuration).
+\end{itemize}
+
+
\subsection*{Windows Firewalls}
\index[general]{Firewalls!Windows }
\index[general]{Windows Firewalls }