You can do a lot with NTBackup and some scripting, if you don't have any other options. Relatively easy to setup e-mailed reports of backup jobs to go to different distribution lists, etc.. And there are a number of examples of scripts like this out on the net if you are interested. As others have already pointed out, more details are needed regarding your specific environment (i.e. Exchange, SQL, Oracle, etc.).
Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Will Ntbackup Suffice? In a small rack, 2 servers, will ntbackup to an external raided disk(s) suffice? I have never really used ntbackup, all my deployments have been at a much larger scale requiring a central service like BackupExec. BackupExec can restore ntbackup files... seems like a good setup to me. But there has to be some gotchas... I would have to monitor more closely, create my own reporting tool, Any others? Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE . ON DEMAND <http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze> LinkedIn Profile <http://www.facebook.com/samcayze> Facebook Profile ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
