Docker: Limitations

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  • Granular restore (Single Item Restore) is not supported. This feature could be implemented in the future.

  • Only Full level backups are possible. This is a Docker limitation for containers and images. For volume backup this limitation could be removed in the future.

  • You can restore volume files data into the same volume name only. This limitation could be removed in the future.

  • You will always overwrite restored volume files data regardless of Replace parameter value. This limitation will be removed in the future.

  • Backup or restore of the Volume data files for remote Docker service is unsupported. In this case you should get a following warning when want to explicitly backup a such data:

    Warning: dkcommctx: Docker Volume backup with docker_host is unsupported!
    

    and a following warning when want to restore:

    Warning: docker: Docker Volume restore with docker_host is unsupported! \
    All volumes restore skipped.
    

    If you access the remote Docker service outside plugin configuration then your job might hung. This limitation will be removed in the future.

  • The restart command has limitations with plugins, as it initiates the Job from scratch rather than continuing it. Bacula determines whether a Job is restarted or continued, but using the restart command will result in a new Job.

Go back to: Docker Plugin.