On a side note about backups, ARCServe has the nice security benefit of being able to efficiently tunnel all backup traffic over two ports using their remote agent. With the BackupExec solution you need to open a few ports including NetBIOS and RPC ports. See http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/233828.htm and http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/243104.htm for details. The latter document states that a minimum of 28 ports *must* be open (even with the Veritas Agent)... and even then Veritas won't support the configuration! I've worked with both products and ARCServe definitely has an advantage over Veritas in this area if you want to backup a DMZ system to an internal backup server across a firewall. With the client agent, ARCServe can do everything over TCP 6050 & 6051.
I know there are many other ways to tackle backups for DMZ systems. But also be aware that if companies have made significant investments in production tape libraries sitting on the trusted side of the network, it's not always so easy to convince management to shell out extra cash for additional backup infrastructure. Admittedly, along with Microlite BackupEdge for *ix systems, ARCServe & Veritas are the only enterprise backup systems I've worked with. (I don't consider Microsoft's backup as a contender here!) I'm curious to see what all of you have found along these lines with other packages. I would hope that other vendors follow the ARCServe train of thought. -----Original Message----- From: Chung, Max [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:52 PM To: Domingos Costa; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Backup tools You have several options: Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup and CA Arcserve 2000 All of these softwares can backup to disk and tapes. But they are more oriented to tapes. I hope this can help you. Max -----Original Message----- From: Jason Pufahl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:57 To: 'Domingos Costa'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Backup tools Microsoft's Backup bundled with Win2K will backup to both disk and tape. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Domingos Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Backup tools Hello, Does anybody know about a network backup tool which performs a backup on disk and tape devices? I've already searched for these kind of softwares, such as afbackup, burt, amanda, arkeia, etc. but they write only on tape devices or they don't support networking. I appreciate any sugestions. Domingos Costa
