Bacula Enterprise is the world’s first enterprise class backup and recovery solution to offer advanced, automated backup of Docker containers. Its Docker backup module takes container ease of use to a new level. This world-leading technology has now been further updated to also include backup and recovery of Docker external volumes.
This module is integrated via the Docker official API and means users can rapidly and easily backup multiple Docker containers without having to install an agent inside each container. This automated Docker external volumes backup is part of Bacula’s capability for full orchestration integration. It is available at most subscription levels of Bacula Enterprise at no additional cost for a limited period of time.
Whether your deployed container environment is used for lift-and-shift of monolithic applications, or refactoring legacy applications, or building new distributed applications - developers and Systems Administrators can use Bacula's advanced technology with an especially high level of flexibility – via either Bacula’s GUI or command line interface. Remember, this high level of flexibility and customization possibilities are fundamental to Bacula’s approach: to empower the user by introducing a wide range of options to her/him you achieve their aims.
The main features of the Bacula Docker Container Backup Module are:
Bacula Enterprise software is designed so that organizations can deploy this solution for their entire physical, virtual, cloud and all hybrid environments, regardless of architecture, all from a single platform.
Effective backup and recovery is especially important because when a container’s life ends, there may be data in it that is needed. However, due to the challenging nature of a containerized environment, other backup solutions cannot, as of today, perform simple and efficient Docker container backup – and in nearly all cases, not at all. Bacula is the only solution to provide fully automated backup of Docker.
Safe & Efficient Use of Docker Containers
Bacula Enterprise makes the usage of Docker more reliable and convenient. It is even possible to backup defined Docker images only, which can be used to create new containers when required. Our automated and scalable solution was made to support the workloads of both IT and DevOps that use Docker, SUSE, Caas or Openshift.
Systems administrators and DevOps managers benefit from the high level of control and management flexibility available via GUI or web interface of Bacula Enterprise.
Beware of Other Vendor’s Claims
Some backup and recovery vendors are claiming to be able to backup and restore Docker. They are extremely limited, however, and simply add a container with their client service to a containerized application, and use that to backup the specific, required data. With these solutions, there is no straightforward, application-independent restore process available. So how to backup Docker in this case? The administrator needs to rely on careful manual configuration, though, as well as understand the relationship of persistent storage entities; which application they belong to, which containers use it, and so on. In short, it is a workaround – not an effective and fast solution.
Only Bacula offers a fully integrated, automated and especially fast Docker backup and restore solution. With Bacula’s advanced Docker backup and recovery module, backup teams do not need knowledge of container internals, applications, or storage assignments. Instead, Docker environments now become more efficient through automation and – most importantly – save valuable data generated from single or multiple containers.
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