My company is still insisting we be able to back up our offsite folks who never connect via VPN.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Miller Bonnie L. Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 9:13 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: [NTSysADM] Home drives We redirect the desktop to the same folder with all of their other redirected items, so it both gets backed up and gets server quota applied. They can make a folder on their C: drive if needed (and a shortcut to the desktop), but individual workstations aren't backed up. ie. Redirected structure looks like: \Username |--\Desktop |--\Favorites |--\My Documents Etc., with one quota applied at the top to all. -B From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 9:02 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: [NTSysADM] Home drives Exactly what I do- I drill it into their heads "desktops are not backed up" Jean-Paul Natola ________________________________ From: dgu...@che.org<mailto:dgu...@che.org> To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:08:34 -0400 Subject: RE: [SPAM] Re: [NTSysADM] Home drives I've been "told" it's old school but........... Assign their home drive through ADUC and direct them to save to that drive, also let them know that their local PCs will not get backed up. Regards, Don Guyer Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 email: dgu...@che.org<mailto:dgu...@che.org> Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: InfoService-Logo240] From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Wimberly Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 10:56 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [NTSysADM] Home drives We do use the quota on the Windows Server 2008 R2; but the problem in this thread is the fact that the login is slow when we redirect the user home folder to a network drive. We redirect to encourage our users to save to the server rather than the desktop so we don't have to backup each individual desktop computer. That said, we do want to encourage users to be mindful of the space they take up, so we use the quota system on the server to limit them from going nuts. If we stop the redirect to gain a fast login, users save to their local desktop and nothing is backed up unless we sync their local home folder with the server in some fashion. What are others doing to gain a quick login and save documents to the server? On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:19 AM, William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com<mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com>> wrote: ZOMBIE THREAD! So if you are already redirecting, and I'm assuming to a Windows 20xx server, what's wrong with using the quotas on those shares? 2003: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/apply-quotas-with-individual-file-shares-with-windows-server-2003-r2/224 2008: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd163561.aspx That said...there are better (not free) 3rd party utilities for this. - WJR On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Stephen Wimberly <riverside...@loopyguy.com<mailto:riverside...@loopyguy.com>> wrote: For all of us who still redirect "My Documents" to a UNC network location; What would be a better method to force the backup of a user's documents and yet still provide a user quota on the amount of data they utilize? On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:57 AM, William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com<mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com>> wrote: Thanks again good sir! :)
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