NTBackup is a really good backup solution, but not a good recovery solution. With the latest version it is a lot better as it is almost an image based restore (we have many clients with sbs2008 using this) but if you put in sysinternals VHD convertor into the mix on a monthly basis and practice your restores then it works well. I can't remember the last time I restored in anger ...
Mike From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 November 2009 17:59 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will Ntbackup Suffice? Been using NTBackup for at least the last ten years or more. It works just fine in Server 2K and Server 2K3. We're backing up multiple servers and using multiple tape drives currently on both our Server 2K and Servers 2K3. We've been fortunate in not having many instances when we had to do restores, all partial, but they've worked every time. And we are using it to backup an Exchange Server as well. Have used it twice over the years to restore the Exchange Server without issue. The price is certainly right! Murray ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Will Ntbackup Suffice? Agreed my last gig they refused to upgrade the backup program they had been using so I switched to the 2008 backup software. It worked well but restores took longer. Jon On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Ben Schorr <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Sort of depends upon your needs. In certain small installations we've used NTBackup before and it's been fine. It's not the fastest or the slickest or the sexiest but for basic backup/restore it does the job, it's even Exchange-aware, and you can't beat the price. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com<http://www.rolandschorr.com/> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:44 AM 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 LinkedIn Profile<http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze> Facebook Profile<http://www.facebook.com/samcayze> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
