Also check out Sync2Nas ( http://sync2nas.sourceforge.net/ ) and rsync ( http://rsync.samba.org/ ).
--Jon On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Jonathan Johnson wrote: > A better way is to use a client/server backup solution which has a backup > server running on the Linux box, and backup clients running on the Linux box > and all the workstations. When a user wants to run a backup or restore job, > the appropriate tape is placed in the drive on the Linux server, then they > use the client to submit the job. The advantage here is that multiple jobs > can be submitted simultaneously and they are queued; once they reach the top > of the queue, the job runs, backing up the files from the workstation. > > A quick search reveals this software to look at: NovaNet > (www.network-backup.com), Arkeia (www.arkeia.com), NetVault Workgroup > Edition (www.bakbone.com), (Veritas BackupExec not available for Linux,) > anyone know of open-source, multi-platform network-aware backup software? > > Arkeia Light is a free version for Linux that also supports two clients > ( http://www.arkeia.com/arkeialight.html ). > > I'm not aware of any software that creates a "virtual" tape drive that can > be seen by Windows' native backup software as a tape device. > > --Jon > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Sathi wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I have installed RedHat Linux-9 and configured has domian controller for > > windows users. I have HP's tape drive in this Machine. > > > > Is it possible to share this tape drive to all the windows users to this > > tape drive using Samba? -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba