>i've seen a number of solutions for backing up windows hosts to an >openbsd backup server. there are ~50 windows hosts to backup with an >average of ~10 GB of stuff on each machine. for my purposes a key >feature of such a solution is that it makes FULL backups of the windows >hosts that can be used to replace faulty hard drives with working >bootable replacement drives. > >the solutions i've seen offered on openbsd lists and elsewhere are > >- amanda w/ cygwin >- rsync w/ cygwin >- bacula >- backuppc >- boxbackup > >if anyone has experience with these programs and can vouch for their >ease of use in the aforementioned context, i would like to hear about >it. do let me know if i've missed any good ones that are not already >listed. > >i am to understand that backuppc cannot backup locked windows files nor >can you generate full bootable restores, so it's out of the running >pretty much off the bat. figured i'd mention it anyways... > >cheers, >jake
I've had good luck using Driveimage XML to backup up to a Samba server: - it doesn't require a reboot to run - it creates an image of the drive and you can use it to restore to a different drive. - since it either locks the backup volume or uses MS's shadow technology you can put the backup files on the same disk you are backing up and copy/ftp/scp them to your server after the backup is complete. - you can browse the files in the backup image and restore individual files. - it will compress the backup files and each one is about 650MB so they are easy to sore on DVDs or CDs. - you can run it from the windows job scheduler to automate your backups. It is free and available at http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm Tim Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
