> What's the current state of the art of doing windows backups? I've just > been using smb and letting a commercial system run separately to cover > the open file and permission failures I see, but now I'm down to one > windows file server in this location and I'd like to make backuppc > reliable enough to shut the other system down. > > Google popped this: > http://majentis.com/2011/01/03/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/ > up near the top of the list, and it seems to imply that a stock cygwin > 1.7 install and a bash file using 'at' to escalate permissions over what > you get with the shell under ssh is all you need. Are there better > ways? For this, I don't really care about acls or being able to restore > the system files and I prefer bash over batch syntax.
*Better* is probably determined by your particular priorities; there are at least two alternatives, all of which rely on the vshadow executable. One's here: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
