On 1/10/25 08:00, Hugh McIntyre wrote:
Hi,
This is maybe off-topic, but I’m wondering what other people do here for backup
of Windows systems in an Illumos-centered backup world.
I have a mixture of OmniOS (backup server) as well as Linux, MacOS, and Windows 10+
systems needing backup. For everything except Windows, backup works well with rsync
(along with "—backup-dir=DIR" for incremental deltas). But Windows does not
work so easily, not least because of filesystem differences and lack of native rsync.
I can use rsync on Windows as well by running within WSL, but
ownership/permissions are messed up and only files visible to the user running
WSL can be backed up. Meanwhile the default Windows backup service to a
SMB-exported filesystem from ZFS seems to be unreliable, and also may not work
well for files outside a user’s home directory. What setup are other people
using? I have a strong preference to something that generates a visible
hierarchy of files on the backup server, not a proprietary binary backup column
since this makes it non-recoverable if the backup software is no longer
available. And I’d prefer to use the existing OmniOS box, but could consider
other custom options if recommended.
If there are good recommended solutions, let me know. Not using Windows is not
an option, because of Photoshop Lightroom.
Thanks,
Hugh.
Hi Hugh!
It sounds that this is a Desktop-like usage of your Windows system, with
maybe at least a regular shutdown.
For my purpose I use a windows vm with the virtual disk on a zfs dataset
with snapshots, a FreeBSD-bhyve-host with GPU passthrough to the win-vm.
This way i could clone a vm-disk-snapshot and mount, read and compare
the contents in case..
Did you try a remote rsync from an unixoide system to \\windowssystem\C$ ?
Just my 2ct
Regards,
Stephan
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