On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:28 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > The new server backup utility BLOWS DONKEYS! > You can't backup to a UNC path ...
Sounds like it's just like Vista, then. The one that came with Vista: You can't even select/exclude individual files or folders. It's all or nothing. Given the amount of crap Vista loads on the hard drive (whether you want it or not), that's a huge increase in storage. And if someone has a large amount of quiescent data, that's gonna get backed up, even if you want to archive it separately. No tape drive support. I know lots of people are moving to disk-based backup, but not everybody has. It's not like Vista includes a coupon for new backup hardware in the box. It's a loss of functionality, any way you slice it. And no ability to specify backup target, other than by physical disk drive, as you noted. The thing was a freaking embarrassment. Freaking MS-DOS 3.3 came with a better backup utility! Anyone have a pointer to a list-of-improvements that have made it to Win 7 or 2008 R2? From what Mr. Schaefer says, there are some significant ones. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
