On Wednesday February 19 2003 12:12 pm, Chris McKeever wrote: > I needed to install thier UNIX agent to even start to backup to/from the > linux box..but it looks like you have two machines that are working well, > are they WIN2K machines or linux machines?
Both of the working ones are W2K machines. I didn't know anything about needing the client to write backups _to_ a drive. I guess I'll have to RT the FM some more. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Carville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:04 PM > To: Samba List > Cc: Chris McKeever > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec > > On Wednesday February 19 2003 11:51 am, Chris McKeever wrote: > > What OS..I had a similar issue with SuSe, and since they dont supprot it > > I need to change to REDHAT. > > Oops sorry, I am using Redhat 7.2 with the stock 2.4.7-10 kernel. BE is > version 8.6 rev 3808 running on a W2K server. > > > You are using thier backup agent? > > Only from the Exchange server to the backup server. From there I define a > folder on the Linux box as a device and tell BE to write the backup data > to > > the share. I do not use BE to backup any of the UNIX boxes -- I don't know > If I'd live long enough for it to complete :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Carville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:46 PM > > To: Samba List > > Subject: [Samba] Samba and BackupExec > > > > > > I am using Veritas BackupExec to backup Exchange to a RAID -5 set on a > > samba > > > > server. These backups always fail on verify with. "An inconsistency was > > encountered on the storage media". The information store backup goes so > > far > > > > as to mark the folder offline. Two other machines back up to the folder > > with > > no problems. > > > > Veritas is claiming that samba is at fault and has to be upgraded, > > However, > > > > considering they told me this without even asking what version I am > > using, I > > > > figure they are just pointing fingers and I wasted the price of the > > support > > > call. So, is anyone aware of problems backing up and exchange server to > > a samba share that would not affect other NT backups. > > > > I am using samba 2.2.1a -- Stephen Carville UNIX and Network Administrator DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services) 310-342-3602 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
