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Bacula Enterprise 18.2.1 Released: New Plugins, Enhanced Encryption and Expanded Platform Support

Bacula Systems is pleased to announce the release of Bacula Enterprise 18.2.1, introducing a range of new plugins, expanded platform support and significant enhancements to existing modules. This version continues our mission to provide the most secure, flexible, and high-performance enterprise-grade backup and recovery solution for hybrid and complex IT infrastructures. New HPC Accelerator Plugin […]

Bacula Enterprise 18.0.9 Released

We are thrilled to unveil Bacula Enterprise 18.0.9, the newest standard release. For comprehensive details, please see the release notes: https://docs.baculasystems.com/BEReleaseNotes/RN18.0/index.html#release-18-0-9-26-august-2025 To access the latest Bacula Enterprise version, please log into the customer portal (https://tickets.baculasystems.com) and select ‘New version 18.0.9!’ located at the top-right corner.

Bacula Enterprise 18.0.8 released

We are delighted to announce the release of Bacula Enterprise 18.0.8, our latest reference release. Version 18.0.8 introduces new features for the LinuxBMR product, several security enhancements for bconsole, and new M365 services backup capabilities. Additionally, BWeb now integrates the Azure VM, Nutanix-AHV, and M365 for SharePoint plugins into its Automation Center. You can explore…

Bacula Community 15.0.3 Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of Bacula version 15.0.2 to both the Bacula website (www.bacula.org) and to SourceForge release. This release brings a lot of new features and plugins. More detailed information about the changes is available here. Binaries for Windows, Redhat 7,8,9 (and compatible systems), Debian 11/12 and Ubuntu 20/22 LTS are…

Bacula Enterprise 18.0.7 released!

We are pleased to announce the release of Bacula Enterprise 18.0.7, the latest reference release, with the support of HPE StoreOnce Catalyst appliance, Amazon Cloud Storage plugin authentication additions, enhancements to BWeb Management Console Automation Center, as well as other new features. You can find more information in our new features chapter: https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/newfeatures.html#newfeatures18. Please refer…

Bacula with Geyser Data S3 Storage

Geyser Data (www.geyserdata.com) is a Tape Archive Platform-as-a-Service which is globally accessible over an S3 proxy. Bacula Storage Daemon (SD) is able to utilize this service via Bacula S3 Cloud storage plugin. Geyser Data Tiering Geyser Data implements implicit (cannot be configured or reconfigured) migration of the data in between the initial CACHE (disk) and…

Bacula Enterprise 18.0.4 released!

18.0.4 is the new Bacula Enterprise reference release. We have brought many new features, focusing on security, among others: – BGuardian Poisoning Detection & Configuration Assessment – BWeb Security Center Dashboard – OpenStack VM Plugin – Kubernetes CSI Snapshot Support – Hyper-V WinAPI Plugin – Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Plugin (EC2 VMs) – Microsoft Exchange…

Upgrading from CentOS 7 with Bacula Enterprise or Bacula Community

Introduction You will upgrade your CentOS 7 operating system, hosting any Bacula Enterprise version. It is key to prepare this process very well. Operating System Choice If you don’t run any Bacula Enterprise plugins, please choose any new platform for your choice. We support Alma Linux, Rocky Linux or Oracle Linux as well as RHEL….

Bacula Community 15.0.2 Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of Bacula version 15.0.2 to both the Bacula website (www.bacula.org) and to SourceForge release. This release brings a lot of new features and plugins. More detailed information about the changes is available here. Binaries for Windows, Redhat 7,8,9 (and compatible systems), Debian 11/12 and Ubuntu 20/22 LTS are…

Bacula Enterprise 16.0.14 released!

16.0.14 is the new Bacula Enterprise reference release. We have brought updates to the Global End Point Deduplication version 2, the Kubernetes and the Microsoft 365 plugins. Please consult the release notes for more information (https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/releaseNotes/16.0.html#release-16-0-14-24-may-2024).

About the author

Rob Morrison

Rob Morrison started his IT career with Silicon Graphics in Switzerland, which developed into a wide variety of IT management roles for almost 10 years. He has subsequently held various management positions in professional open source companies such as JBoss, Red Hat and Pentaho, contributing to the growth of these well-known companies. He is a graduate of Plymouth University and holds an Digital Media and Communications BSc Honours degree, and completed an Overseas Studies Program.