We point the user applications (Word, Excel, proprietary apps, etc.) to the users home directory on the file server, and then just backup the file server(s).
Douglas C. Nelson Distributed Computing Consultant Alltel Information Services Chittenden Data Center 2 Burlington Square Burlington, Vt. 05401 802-660-2336 -----Original Message----- From: Pucky, Todd M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Workstation Backups and TSM TSMers, My company is working toward restructuring the way we backup end users' data. Currently, we have 2450 workstations (desktops and laptops - Win95, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP) that we backup to our TSM server (AIX 5.1, TSM 4.2.3.2). Each of these nodes is in a schedule that backups one time per week. These backups do incremental (complete) backups of every file on the PC except for the normal excludes (*.tmp files, *:\recycle\*, etc). We also have 450 other nodes on this server in a domain called SERVER. These nodes backup nightly in schedules, from which we are seeing numerous missed backups. We are facing the problem of a severely overloaded server! In our pursuit of developing a process we have come up with a few questions that we were interested in getting answers to... For those sites that do workstation/desktop backups: How many clients do you have on your TSM server? Do you run scheduled backups on these clients or do you let end users control their backups? If you run scheduled backups, how frequently? What do you backup (single directory, such as My Documents)? For sites that do not do workstation/desktop backups: What is the best solution you have found for backing up end users' data? Thanks for the input and advice. > Todd Pucky > The Timken Company > Global Information Systems > Phone: 330.471.4583 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************************************** This message and any attachments are intended for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy, print, use or disclose this communication to others; also please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete it from your system. The Timken Company **********************************************************************
