Hello,
I am building a linux/samba server to backup some nt servers and would
appreciate some suggestions/pointers/criticisms etc... I googled for "samba backup"
but could not find many similar solutions.
need... Full/incremental network backups for 2=nt and 1=win2k servers.
Ability to choose which folders/files get included/excluded. No software costs.
motivation... Full drive backups exceed 1 dds3 tape but some files do not
need backup. NT backup makes include/exclude difficult. win2k backup difficult to
script. Will move from NT to linux/samba eventually. Tape drive failures cause main
server downtime.
gameplan... Build Linux-samba box with 3 dds3 drives and 4 100Mb nics. Add
another nic to each nt/win2k server. Build 3 crossover ethernet cables. Configure
nics with private ip addresses. Mount nt shares with smbfs or use smbclient. Linux
script backsup/compresses specific nt files to a local tar file and then copy file to
tape.
I had some problems connecting via the crossover cable, but did connect via primary
nics. If anyone has attempted something similar, let me know.
Thanks,
Dale
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