Hello, 25.06.2007 17:30,, Jeffrey C. Baldwin wrote:: > Would this preserve trustee rights?
Not automatically, but there are ways to approach this problem. > Just curious.. is anyone out there using Bacula to backup Novell servers > in the enterprise? Yes, most probably. I'm not in contact with any, but I got the impression that some people do use Bacula for Netware volumes. > We are searching for an enterprise NetBackup replacement. (currently > backing up 100+ servers in a gov't environment) You should at least try Bacula. I'm quite sure that it's possible to do a lot of what you need. Perhaps not everything NetBackup offers, but, also perhaps, the things you need. > Does the Bacula project have a 'commercial' arm that provides pay support? Not like some other open source projects, i.e. the Bacula project is absolutely independent of any commercial enterprise, but there are companies and people offering paid support. (I, for example.) Look at the project web site under professional support. > If you do not feel that Bacula is best for this type of environment... ? > I'm doing some research on Synsorts Backup Express also. Well, personally I do like to use Bacula, and my experience indicates that it's suitable for an organization of your size. The Netware side would need some work. With the data you provide, I wouldn't want to recommend any software - I don't know your needs well enough for that. Typically, the big and well-known Backup software packages* have their own problems and there are people who say that none of them holds everything the marketing people promise. So, I'd say Bacula can compete with them (when considering what you *really* need), but is effectively less expensive. You'll spend some money on consulting, but you won't need to pay licenses for your 100 servers plus database agents plus... IBM's TSM is the only backup package that I haven't heard bad things about, but that might be because it's a) used less frequent than the other ones, or b) is managed by people who *really* know what they do. Both of it might be due to the price tag attached to it ;-) > Thanks for all the feedback. Arno * Like BackupExec, ArcServe, Arkeia > -jeff > > Jeronimo Zucco wrote: >> Jeffrey C. Baldwin escreveu: >>> I'm sure the question has been answered a thousand times.... >>> >>> But, here it goes again, can Bacula be used to backup Netware servers? >>> >>> I did some searching via Google, and found some older mailing list >>> threads that suggested it might be possible, even something that >>> mentioned Novell themselves might be interested in working with the >>> Bacula developers to make it happen. >>> >>> Anyhow... I appreciate any input/information on backing up Novell >>> servers via Bacula. In our network we have Windows, Linux, Solaris... >>> but Netware is the primary file/print servers. >>> >>> I did find some Suse RPM's, which led me to believe it *might* be >>> possible now. >>> >>> >> You can use ncpfs or NFS to do this, mounting the volumes with a >> RunBeforeJob script. >> >> In my experience, NFS is much faster than ncp. >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
