On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Todd D. Taft <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would BackupPC work for you? It's open source, so cost is not an issue. > It can do backups without requiring any software to be installed on the > backup client (using smb for Windows and rsync for Linux/Mac/UNIX). > +1 for BackupPC if it fits what you need. My suggestion, based on what little I know about what you need, is to convert all of the older stuff to virtual machines. Then you can easily backup image level copies of those. If you have a Win 3.1 / dos box running, it has to be pretty fragile. If you can get it virtualized, you won't have to worry about hardware failure and will solve your backup problems as well. Then you can backup everything that's in a VM in the same standard way (using your vitualization product's supported backup method). Or you could use BackupPC if all you really need are the files... but since you have some very old OSs in there, my guess is that there is a reason for it and you would be at a loss if you no longer had a working Windows 2000 and Windows 3.1.1 computer. Nick -- Nick Webb Principal Data Protection Specialist On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Todd D. Taft <[email protected]> wrote: > Would BackupPC work for you? It's open source, so cost is not an issue. > It can do backups without requiring any software to be installed on the > backup client (using smb for Windows and rsync for Linux/Mac/UNIX). > > --Todd > > > On 10/13/11 5:25 PM, Harvey Rothenberg wrote: > > To the Members, > > I have several Windows based systems still operating and I will be > introducing Virtual based systems and also Linux based systems into my needs > for protecting them. The Windows systems versions are Win2k SP4, Windows > 3.1.1 w/Dos 6.2, Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1, and Win7 no SP yet. > > I will be adding VMWare 4.5, 7.1, and 8 to the mix on one or more of the > systems. I will also be using one or more of the Linux distributions > primarily as a Host on one or two system. Currently the Windows Win2k, Dos > 6.2/Win 3.1.1, and Win 7 systems are independent free-standing systems. > > I was considering a Publisher like Acronis because they have product that > can run on the mentioned operating systems, but if you are a private user > they want you on their current released product only, pretty much. > > Their current product, like most publishers do not handle the older > versions of any operating system, but if you had their product back in the > day. Their newest and most current software will work with the created > backup sets from the older version of their products. > > Then there is the aspect of buying their product that covers Linux/Unix. > You would have to buy their commercial product if you wanted to stay with > this single publisher. This price is not on par to a private customer costs > (i.e. $ 50.00 it is more like $ 500.00). > > So I am asking my fellow members if you can make any reasonable suggestions > for my current need. If you need more info., just ask. > > I will say, Thank You ! now for anyone's assistance in my concern. > > Sincerely, > > Harvey Rothenberg > > Systems Integrator/Security Specialist > > "Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson > afterwards." -- Unknown > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > [email protected]https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > > -- > Todd D. [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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