Hey Tony, thanks for the reply. You know, if it was just for one company then I would seriously consider it, but I plan to install it on a fair few servers so all at different companies and I can't really afford it to be installed on so many. I think at this stage, using msbackup to backup the system state and all other non-accessible programs (exchange/sql/clusters/etc) and then use the rdiff-backup for the rest. I'm in the process of testing to see how it's all going to go. I'll also try Amanda after rdiff to see which is better.
> Hi Ben, > > You should have a look at a new utility out from PowerQuest > called V2i protector > http://www.powerquest.com/v2i/protector/ > > It allows you to take a REAL TIME image of your hard disk while > it is running and then save that to an image file. You can then > backup the image file at your leisure. The image file can be > saved to a network drive (ie. Samba share) and can also be > restored directly from the same share point. It comes with a > bootable CD that has WinXP embedded (or whatever they call it) > on it and the V2i management console. > > You can even do incremental backups, so no need to take an image > of the whole thing each time. > > I have absolutely no affiliation with PowerQuest or any > companies that sell it, but we had a rep come in and demo this > product recently and it was absolutely fantastic. > > As for pricing, well it's not that cheap, but it depends on how > quickly you want the server back up. With this software you can > have a crashed server restored again in 10 minutes ! The RRP for > a single server license (ie. to backup one server) is approx. > AU$1900. The pricing on the website gives it at US$995. You can > also download an eval copy (timebombs after 30 days AFAIK). > > In the end it's a tradeoff between expense of the software v's > the cost of downtime if you have to restore the server. > > Just my $0.02 > > regards, > Tony. > > (and this is my first post, hi to the list !) > > > --- Ben Zampatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I'm not sure what I'm after can be done, but I'll ask > > anyway. > > > > I need a way to backup a whole windows 2k server to a linux > > box. This > > is how I was thinking of doing it: > > > > First off, lets say there is a 2k server that has users and > > all that > > setup on it. So start by ghosting it. Then do a fresh backup > > to the > > linux server, including all the files on the filesystem. Some > > files > > don't get copied over though because they are in use, such as > > NTUSER.dat. Lets say that every night, the backup server > > running linux > > then copies all files that have been changed on the 2k server > > to the > > backup server, and at the end of every week, msbackup is ran > > on the 2k > > server which does a system state and copies that file to the > > backup > > server. So this goes on for a few weeks. > > > > Then for some reason the 2k server crashes and you lose all > > your data. > > So, the restore process begins - you get your ghosted image, > > and then > > you have it backup to where it was when you first done you > > ghost. Now > > you need to copy all the files across from the backup server > > (including the system state) to the 2k server, overwriting > > everything. > > You put the 2k repair disk in which restores from the system > > state. My > > question is, will this work? will all permissions be restored > > and the > > like? If not, is there anything available that will do it, > > that is > > free? or am I expecting too much? > > > > Thanks for the help... > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk
