Transferring Data

Bacula Enterprise Only

This solution is only available for Bacula Enterprise. For subscription inquiries, please reach out to sales@baculasystems.com.

The Java program interacting with RHV can also be used to transfer data between the RHV infrastructure, in which case additional parameters are available and the operation=list parameter-value-pair is not used.

In this mode, the following general considerations apply:

Either backup, restore, or list mode must be chosen by using appropriate options. Modes can not be mixed.
Options have to start with double dashes, as in --server.
The --output defines the output format and should be explicitly set to either console or json.
These modes are not fully supported, but exist mostly to assist in trouble shooting with Bacula Systems support team. As such, they are not fully documented and should not be used for regular operations or maintenance of a RHV environment.

Some examples are provided below.

Backup of datacenter “OneDatacenter” configuration:

java -jar /opt/bacula/lib/bacula-rhv-plugin.jar --output=console --debug=1 \
--server=rhv.example.com \
--truststore_file=/opt/bacula/etc/rhvm.truststore \
--truststore_password=sosecure --auth=http --profile=internal \
--user=bacula --password=alsogood \
--operation=backup \
--target_datacenter=OneDatacenter \
--target_configuration_only=true \
--path=/tmp/rhvPlugins/

Backup of all Virtual Machines whose names match the regular expression “vm.*”, but excluding “vm1”. Note the quoting of the asterisk character to avoid the shell expaning it:

java -jar /opt/bacula/lib/bacula-rhv-plugin.jar --output=console --debug=1 \
--server=rhv.example.com \
--truststore_file=/opt/bacula/etc/rhvm.truststore \
--truststore_password=sosecure --auth=http --profile=internal \
--user=bacula --password=alsogood \
--operation=backup \
--target_path=/vms/vm.* \
--target_exclude_vms=vm1 \
--path=/tmp/rhvPlugins/

Restoring the Virtual Machine “vm1”:

java -jar /opt/bacula/lib/bacula-rhv-plugin.jar --output=console --debug=1 \
--server=rhv.example.com \
--truststore_file=/opt/bacula/etc/rhvm.truststore \
--truststore_password=sosecure --auth=http --profile=internal \
--user=bacula --password=alsogood \
--operation=restore \
--vm=vm1 \
--path=/tmp/rhvPlugins/

Restoring a VM, renaming disks:

java -jar /opt/bacula/lib/bacula-rhv-plugin.jar --output=console --debug=1 \
--server=rhv.example.com \
--truststore_file=/opt/bacula/etc/rhvm.truststore \
--truststore_password=sosecure --auth=http --profile=internal \
--user=bacula --password=alsogood \
--operation=restore --restore_vm=vm3 \
--vm_disk_names=65ccb526-30c0-4beb-b348-4395e70d6e32:vm3_restore_disks1,vm3_restore_disks_general
--path=/tmp/rhvPlugins/