Bacula4 has developed a new Linux BMR tool.  This is more tightly integrated with our GUI and is based on the ReaR *nix server imaging technology.

Emergency server recovery

On the server list simply click the rear icon to start the recovery:

Step one: select rescue point

Step two: download rescue image and boot server in rescue mode

Next, the system will check access to the storage location for the selected job and check if a ssh key is installed. If there is no ssh key present, it will prompt for ssh credentials. Afterwards, the system will give a link to download the rescue image:


Use the first option to restore to the same hardware. If you need to move (clone/migrate) to different hardware, select the second option and define your new network data. See migration chapter for more info.

You need burn the provided image to CD, DVD or USB stick and boot the server from it. Please note that by default it will still try to boot from its local data drive so you need manually select "automatic recovery"


!!! Important !!! The system will automatically reformat your disk and destroy all data (if there was any) according to the disk layout in the selected backup job.

Wait for while you'll see prompt to back to bacula4 GUI:

Step three: checking server status

System checks access to server and ensures that it's booted from the recovery disk. Once you see green status, click next:

Step four: Restore data

The system will proceed with restoring your files and display a restore log. File size errors can generally be safely ignored. When the restore is done it will ask you to finish:


Within a few minutes it will install a boot loader and on server console ask you to reboot the server or check the logs:



Just type "3" and press enter.

Step five: Restore MySQL

If you enabled MySQL or Percona Tools backups, you'll be prompted for 5th step for the restore of MySQL. If you did not receive errors prior on the mysql data file restores, you may be able to skip this step, however, it is generally required.

Example of dump recovery:

Example of Percona recovery:

Warning: Percona recovery works only for default mysql data folder location: /var/lib/mysql. For other installation paths, you will need to restore mysql manually via regular recovery procedure.