Director Configuration

KVM Plugin Options

KVM Plugin Parameters
Option	Default	Description
uri		The URI parameter specifies how to connect to the hypervisor. The documentation page at http://libvirt.org/uri.html list the values supported.
host		Virtual Machine to be backed up. It is possible to specify a list of of hosts separated by a ‘,’ (without spaces).
include		Specify files or directories to backup. It is possible to specify multiple include= parameters in the plugin command line. See <includeexclude>
exclude		Specify files or directories to exclude. It is possible to specify multiple exclude= parameters in the plugin command line. See <includeexclude>
host_prefix	No	Prefix all files with the virtual machine name (mandatory when doing multiple virtual machine backup in the same job).
host_sep	,	Specify a host separator used in the host parameter. Example: `host_sep=:`, `host=h1:h2:h3`
abort_on_error	No	Abort the job if an error is occurring during the job. By default, if a VM is not accessible for example, the Job will end with JobStatus OK (T) and some JobErrors.
timeout	300 seconds	Number of seconds used to run various commands or wait to connect KVM during during a backup (starting with Bacula Enterprise 12.6.1).
unix_user		Unix user used to execute KVM commands via sudo (starting with Bacula Enterprise 12.6.1).