On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Russell R Poyner <rpoy...@engr.wisc.edu> wrote: > At my last job I built a BackupPC setup that worked well for windows > desktops using vss and rsyncd. > > In my new position I'm looking for options for backing up laptops and > tablets. Most of these machines rarely connect to our wired network or > vpn. Which means they are normally separated by our firewall from the > backupPC server. I'm hoping to find a solution that can backup the > laptops over whatever wireless network they happen to be on. > > Solutions like CrashPlan, Carbonite or BackBlaze offer continuous backup > over nearly any internet connection. Our users don't want a 3rd party > storing their data so I'm wondering if this sort of thing is possible > with BackupPC.
I think the best you can do with backuppc would be to configure your vpn to always give the same client the same IP and ask the users to connect frequently - and give them web logins so they can start backups on their own machines at convenient times. There are other tools like 'owncloud' that might work better to keep a few folders synchronized to a server you control. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/