On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Phil Stracchino <ala...@metrocast.net>wrote:
> On 05/28/10 13:24, Robert LeBlanc wrote: > > I agree, I haven't looked into BaseJobs yet because they are not the > > easiest thing to understand. Since I've very pressed for time, I don't > > have a lot of time to commit to reading. I plan on understanding it, but > > when a system can do it automatically and transparently, I like that a > lot. > > The basic concept behind base jobs is that you define one machine (or > the base OS install image on that machine) as a reference install for a > class of similar machines, and do a full backup of *it*, but then for > the other machines in the class, you back up only user data plus any > base system files that are different from those on the reference machine. > > Once I have all of my Windows boxes on the same version of Windows again > (right now, half are XP Pro and half are 2K Pro), I'm planning to set up > a base job for them. > > That will be near impossible for my Linux servers, they all seem to be at different patch levels. I guess it would do ok for my Windows machines, but if I need bare-metal, there is a reason because the OS was configured differently than the standard. I think this is where dedup could really provide a benefit. When you patch your servers, do you have to redo your base at the same time to keep it synced? Robert LeBlanc Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support Brigham Young University
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