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Bacula Enterprise

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What is Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.

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Bacula Enterprise is a versatile backup tool widely used by businesses to ensure the safety and accessibility of their data. Users praise …
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Popular Features

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  • Multiple backup destinations (44)
    10.0
    100%
  • Incremental backup identification (45)
    10.0
    100%
  • Platform support (46)
    10.0
    100%
  • Retention options (46)
    9.7
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What is Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.

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Data Center Backup

Data center backup tools send data to a secure storage location after encryption and de-duplication

9.3
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Product Details

What is Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula Enterprise is a modern backup, restore, and disaster recovery solution for medium and large enterprises that does not penalize you for data volume.

Bacula delivers a complete feature set to meet the needs of the most demanding data centers, MSPs and cloud providers. With a combination of reliability and functionality, it spans virtual, physical and cloud environments, all from one platform. The vendor says their product is designed with flexibility, scalability and high security in mind, and uses an industry standard SQL database, supports relational database catalogs, and has heterogeneous client support including Linux, OS X and Windows, as well as backup to disk, tape, virtual tape, robotic libraries, public and private Cloud.

According to the vendor, Bacula Systems works to deliver extremely high standards of support. Customers receive direct access to senior support engineers.

Bacula Enterprise Features

Data Center Backup Features

  • Supported: Instant recovery
  • Supported: Recovery verification
  • Supported: Multiple backup destinations
  • Supported: Incremental backup identification
  • Supported: Backup to the cloud
  • Supported: Deduplication and file compression
  • Supported: Snapshots
  • Supported: Flexible deployment
  • Supported: Management dashboard
  • Supported: Platform support
  • Supported: Retention options
  • Supported: Encryption

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Bacula Enterprise Integrations

Bacula Enterprise Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Suse, OpenSuse
Mobile ApplicationAndroid

Frequently Asked Questions

Bacula Enterprise is a data center backup, restore, and recovery solution from Swiss, Dracula-themed software company Bacula Systems.

Veeam Data Platform, Veritas Backup Exec, and Tivoli Business Service Manager (legacy) are common alternatives for Bacula Enterprise.

Reviewers rate Instant recovery and Recovery verification and Multiple backup destinations highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Bacula Enterprise are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Bacula Enterprise is a versatile backup tool widely used by businesses to ensure the safety and accessibility of their data. Users praise the software's flexibility, power, and adaptability to accommodate ongoing changes and evolving needs. For example, the BGW Group relies on Bacula Enterprise to perform daily backups of their company servers, which consist of a mix of physical and virtual machines running different operating systems. The software's comprehensive backup solution supports plugins for MySQL, Postgres, LDAP, Docker, and S3, making it an ideal choice for universities like the Rectory, where it performs daily backups of critical systems. Similarly, CloudHQ values Bacula Enterprise for its reliability in backup and restore operations across their mixed Windows/Linux environment. The Brazilian Naval Supply System Command depends on Bacula Enterprise for efficient backup and restore of their database, taking advantage of its advanced features and ability to handle high volumes of data. Additionally, individuals and organizations use Bacula Enterprise as a cost-effective and flexible solution for data backup and restore needs. Government facilities employ the software to protect meteorological and hydrographic data while ensuring fast restoration capabilities, serving as their last line of defense against encryption attacks. With its value-for-money proposition and simple management interface, Bacula Enterprise is trusted by many companies to centralize backup solutions for heterogeneous systems. It provides compatibility with different environments and expertly handles monitoring, encryption, secure cloud support, and multi-platform compatibility. Municipalities such as Campinas rely on Bacula Enterprise as their primary backup tool for structured and unstructured data across various applications and operating systems. In the case of McLean Imaging Center, Bacula Enterprise backs up servers, databases, virtualized environments, applications, and shared files – delivering an effective backup framework for disaster recovery purposes. Furthermore, users leverage Bacula Enterprise's extreme security measures and fast data recovery capabilities for tasks such as restoring lost files or performing bare metal recoveries. The software's efficiency, compression, and storage reduction capabilities have garnered high regard from the data recovery industry. Bacula Enterprise is used in different scenarios, including by technical teams managing big projects, organizations performing file-based backups, and government facilities aiming to make backups accessible. Its centralized management features, user-friendly graphical interface, and support for various operating systems are highly appreciated by users across industries. With a focus on agility and security, Bacula Enterprise is the go-to backup solution for organizations with virtualized environments, physical servers, files, and databases. It caters to a wide range of backup needs, such as daily backup maintenance, data recovery from servers and databases, and compliance with legal agreements. Bacula Enterprise offers centralized management through a graphical interface, allowing multi-user access and providing solutions to various backup problems. The software's simple and efficient interface automates backup tasks and supports different operating systems. It is frequently used for backup and restore of virtual machines, file servers, email accounts, ACLS, active directory, and databases like Oracle and PostgreSQL. Users appreciate the optimization of backup workflows, resulting in faster routines and enhanced data security. Whether it's a department within an organization or the entire corporate technological environment, Bacula Enterprise is chosen as the backup solution for extensive information systems. From backing up physical servers, virtual machines, files, and databases to managing backups across multiple data centers, Bacula Enterprise proves its value with cost-effectiveness, efficient compression, and storage reduction capabilities. Users have reported positive experiences with the software's quick response times and helpful support from the support team. With its ease of administration and good cost-benefit ratio compared to traditional solutions, Bacula Enterprise is considered an effective choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection across a diverse range of systems.

Efficient Backup Process: Many users have found the backup process of Bacula to be efficient, allowing them to specify file size for backups and easily locate and restore their data. This pro has been mentioned by several reviewers, highlighting its effectiveness in streamlining the backup process.

Complex and Flexible Scheduling System: The complex and efficient scheduling system of Bacula has received praise from a number of users. They appreciate the customization options and flexibility it offers, allowing them to tailor their backup schedules according to their specific needs.

Data Deduplication Feature: Users have commended the data deduplication feature of Bacula, which helps optimize storage by eliminating duplicate data. This valuable feature has been mentioned by multiple reviewers as it contributes to more efficient use of storage resources.

Outdated Backup Storage Format: Some users have found the backup storage format in Bacula Enterprise to be outdated, lacking deduplication support. They feel that this hampers the efficiency and effectiveness of their backups.

Inconsistent Support for Filesystem Snapshots on Non-Windows Platforms: Several reviewers have complained about the inconsistent support for filesystem snapshots on non-Windows platforms in Bacula Enterprise. This limitation poses challenges for users who rely on these platforms for their backup processes.

Interface Needs Improvement: Users have expressed frustration with the interface of Bacula Enterprise, both graphical and CLI, stating that it still needs improvement. They find it unintuitive and not user-friendly, which can slow down their workflow and make it difficult to navigate the software effectively.

Users recommend Bacula for its data security, low cost, and guaranteed updates and support. They suggest that Bacula may not be the easiest backup software to work with, but it offers the capability to perform complex tasks. To maximize its potential, users advise taking the time to familiarize oneself with Bacula. They also recommend testing and evaluating Bacula among other backup solutions before making a purchase. Users emphasize the steep learning curve of Bacula and recommend taking Bacula Enterprise training. Bacula is praised for being a cost-effective and robust backup solution. Users mention the availability of a repository with all necessary packages and helpful documentation for specific use cases. The helpfulness of Bacula's support team is also highlighted by users. Finally, users consider Bacula as the option for backup, especially for disaster recovery purposes.

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Bacula Enterprise on all company network servers, backing up all information.
  • Backup VMware virtual machines.
  • Backup network servers.
  • Backup of PostgreSQL and oracle database.
  • Backup of oracle database.
  • Backup of file servers.
  • They could just improve a little the visual part of bweb, but in version 14.0.3 it is already very cool.
I believe that Bacula fits perfectly in small and large companies using Linux and Windows operating systems.
  • Fast restore
  • Agile backup management
  • Security of the institution's information
Data Center Backup (12)
100%
10.0
Instant recovery
100%
10.0
Recovery verification
100%
10.0
Multiple backup destinations
100%
10.0
Incremental backup identification
100%
10.0
Backup to the cloud
100%
10.0
Deduplication and file compression
100%
10.0
Snapshots
100%
10.0
Flexible deployment
100%
10.0
Management dashboard
100%
10.0
Platform support
100%
10.0
Retention options
100%
10.0
Encryption
100%
10.0
  • Extremely positive impact due to our information being important to the institution's activities.
Já usávamos o Bacula Community e decidimos contratar o Bacula Enterprise pois os backups já estavam em um padrão aberto sendo de fácil migração.Outros aspectos nos levaram a contratação:Suporte em caso de algum desastre;Possibilidade de contratação de plugins a aplicações como oracle, postgresql, cloud e interface web;
5
All who operate the backup system are employees of the information technology sector
1
The software is so easy to operate that we only have one expert to provide the support work.
  • Vmware virtual machine backups
  • Oracle and Postgresql Database Backup
  • Backup of linux operating systems
  • We implement backup of switches and routers
  • We made integration with zabbix to inform possible problems in backups
  • Cloud
We intend to renew but we have some momentary financial difficulties which can get in our way, despite the bacula being much cheaper than other backup solutions.
Yes
We updated bacula community to the enterprise version
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Certainly the two most important factors were: Features along with the previously used backup format (Bacula Community); Price much less than other solutions.
I wouldn't change anything about the acquisition process.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
We contracted the implementation together with Bacula Brazil, which provided us with all the necessary and fast support for the perfect functioning of the solution.
No
  • We had no implementation issues.
Bacula Systems and especially Bacula Brazil were extremely attentive and served us very well, making all implementations or changes work perfectly
Extremely fast support and all the people I contacted were super interested in clarifying or solving any kind of technical calls.
I bought support to have greater security in case a problem arises. The tool is very good and I only had to get in touch for cases where I wasn't sure to make some decisions in using the tool.
No
A little over 2 years ago I opened a ticket where the backups had problems when recording to a tape library. The analysts contacted me and we came to the conclusion that the equipment (hardware) was in trouble. How bad! We no longer had warranty on this equipment. The problem was not the software.
Extremely easy to use software.
  • Bweb
  • I couldn't find any features difficult to use.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Bacula plays an important role to ensure our data recovery. Bacula also has so many flexibilities that we can configure according to our needs. We use Bacula Enterprise, Bacula vSphere Plugin, and Bacula Web. I would like to give a big shout to Bacula Support. Their reaction is great and is very helpful with troubleshooting the problems that I had. The explanation of troubleshooting is also clear and in a very detailed way.
  • Troubleshooting skills
  • Flexibility in configuring Job & Schedules
  • Bacula Support are top
  • Bacula Web could be improved in the future.
Flexibilities to configure the backup jobs, schedules are the most helpful feature in Bacula Enterprise. Bacula can almost cover everything.
  • vSphere plugin
  • Flexibility of configuring Jobs and Schedules
Data Center Backup (8)
85%
8.5
Instant recovery
90%
9.0
Recovery verification
90%
9.0
Multiple backup destinations
100%
10.0
Incremental backup identification
100%
10.0
Management dashboard
N/A
N/A
Platform support
100%
10.0
Retention options
100%
10.0
Encryption
100%
10.0
  • Very Important to have Backup and recovery procedure in ISO Audit
5
IT Administrators
4
IT Administrators
IT Engineers
IT Teamlead
  • Backup
  • Restore
  • Automatic Recycling
  • Offsite Backup
  • DMZ Backup
  • Automatic Recycling
Yes
Support Linux better that the others
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
We were using community edition before that. Then we realize we need more features like vsphere plugin and Bweb.
the easiness of backup administration
  • Implemented in-house
Yes
Setup and configure backup Servers and Tape Libraries, networking, etc.
Analysis,
Testing Phase,
Production
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled
  • the network speed
Ensure the backup traffic goes through separate traffic as the other environment.
Absolute Top support!! Very detailed explanation and troubleshooting guide!
No, Standard Support was even great enough!
Yes
Yes, about vsphere plugin. It was resolved with the updated packages.
It was when I had to recover from failed backup director. Lessons learned at that time, that we need also to backup bacula director
easy enough to understand how it works. Beside, there are many helpful guides in the internet
  • bacula director
  • bacula file daemon
  • bacula storage
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