Hallo Niki, > I'd be very grateful for some links to these third-party backup tools, with a > preference for free (as in beer + speech) stuff. > > Niki you may take a look at _rear_ (it is that easy how it looks like) https://relax-and-recover.org/ <https://relax-and-recover.org/> and a possible integration of rear with bareos: https://docs.bareos.org/IntroductionAndTutorial/WhatIsBareos.html <https://docs.bareos.org/IntroductionAndTutorial/WhatIsBareos.html> Both solutions come up with support if necessary, while community is really responsive. Regards, Felix