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On 4/6/2014 6:06 PM, [email protected]
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No. A TCP port must be opened to allow the director to connect to the client. Even if there were a client initiated connection for backup, the director would still be required to connect to the client to get client status, else it wouldn't be possible to remotely monitor the client's jobs.
In the case where the client TCP port cannot be opened and OpenVPN or such is not allowed, a local director is the only possible choice. Since you imply that you can monitor backups at the individual sites, I assume you have SSH access. In that case, you could backup to local disk and then push copies of the backup volumes to your server using rsync over SSH. The rsync can be started automatically by specifying a RunAfter script for an admin job that each individual director runs after all backup jobs have completed. Restores would be made from local disk and the copies on your server would be only for disaster recovery. The only other choice is to backup to tape and physically move the tapes off-site in some secure fashion. I have a client who periodically hand carries tapes to a bank safe deposit box because they do not want their data on ANY remote computer. |
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