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