Bareos backup switch to a new Server

[Mi Zi]

hello guys

i want to switch the current configuration to a new installed server

current installation is on ubuntu 20.04. desktop version:

bareos-dir Version: 20.0.1 (02 March 2021) Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

here is the new output of version from bconsole: (on ubuntu 20.04. Server version)

bareos-dir Version: 21.0.0 (21 December 2021) Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

can i simple copy paste the configuration files (and adjust) or should i upgrade the current installation before?

any hints are welcome

greetings michael

[spadaj...@gmail.com]

Let's say that the upgrade proces is more or less independent from the move from one server to another. You can do the upgrade before moving the bareos installation or after - it's your call.

The move is not that complicated as long as you know your configuration and know your database (don't forget about the database!). See the https://docs.bareos.org/Appendix/DisasterRecoveryUsingBareos.html#restoring-a-bareos-server

Unfortunately, due to many possible variants of configuration (dir, sd, fd on the same machine or maybe sd on another one?  single sd, multiple sd's? client-initiated connections? moving to another ip/hostname or scrapping old machine and reusing its network parameters? do you encrypt backups?), it's not easy to give a simple step by step scenario.

The easiest situation would of course be if you wanted to do a switch "in-place" - then you'd probably mostly copy the bareos daemons' configuration, spool files, device files (if you're using file-based storage), database configuration and data and you'd be pretty much set.