On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 03:24:22PM -0500, Simeon Johnston wrote: >That's not really the kind of background the retrospect client offers. >Scheduled unattended backups of client machines. Not just the server. >Applescript also offers some very nice automation if you want to spend >the time. What's not really the kind of "background" the "retrospect" client offers? That sentence dosn't make sense to me. >Also allows keyword matching etc. Of what, files? I don't understand why on earth you would only want to backup file x over file y if you have a tape with 30 gig free. Just back it all up when needed. >I've been very impressed w/ Dantz's support. Never had any problems >with them. >I've been very very happy with Retrospect so far (at least the Mac version). except one thing... it costs $$. Why pay money for a level 1 tech, when you get answers for free from experts all over the world as well as the lead engineer designing and programming the software? >*** Now for something completely different *** > >I've been thinking of a solution for my problems. Here it is. > >1. Linux samba client for Windows backup. Set up a PDC or something, or share you winblows clients drives. (Latter is not smart.) >2. Linux afpfs client (appletalk client) for Mac's Do it the same way you would for samba. >3. Linux backup server program (maybe amanda). Amanda will do your "backgrounded" backups every single night, and determine *what* needs to be backed up based on modification dates over the course of your "dumpcycle" for every *client* you configure. Please get the idea out of your head that a "transparent" backup is anything at all! (I don't know who originally requested the transparent functionality) because it's an oxymoron. Here's a couple backup rules quick: 1. Don't do backups while people are working. Period. Do them at night. 2. Don't keep re-using the same exact set of tapes throughout your dump cycle. At minimum you want a second set so if somehow your current set dies, the most you loose is 1 dumpcycle worth of data. >Interesting problem. It's an old problem that is slowly being solved by interoperable software such as samba and afpfs. The amanda team is working on a winblows port of their client software as well, so you'll be able to natively run winblows as a client of amanda and not share anything anymore. If you want information on how any of this works or solutions to current problems, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks, -- Thomas J. Hudak Systems Administrator Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com Phone: 612.638.0500 x.513 Fax: 612.379.3952 Page: 612.318.1967 Key fingerprint = BEC6 3181 4C9B A7BB AF11 4717 6F85 B346 380D 523E sleep: Command not found - The story of my life... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010815/00cc6109/attachment.pgp